A man was arrested with 12 kilograms of drugs (hybrid cannabis) worth ₹3.60 crore near the Vatva toll booth on Sardar Patel Ring Road in Ahmedabad.
According to the police, a woman booked a ticket for the man to travel to Bangkok and asked him to bring a parcel to Gujarat.
The Vatva police had received an intel that a young man would be arriving on Sardar Patel Ring Road with a large quantity of drugs. Based on this tip-off, Police Inspector P B Zala and his team set up a watch on the road.
They suspected Yogesh Dashadiya, a Morbi resident, and upon searching his bag, the police found 24 parcels wrapped in plastic. The initial investigation revealed that the parcels contained hybrid cannabis worth ₹3.60 crore.
Preliminary investigation information
Dashadiya revealed during a preliminary investigation that he had met a woman named Sayli through an online platform. Sayli befriended him and arranged for a trip to Bangkok. She paid him ₹70,000 for the job of bringing a bag from Bangkok to India. She also booked two flight tickets, one for Dashadiya and the other for a man named Pritam from Nashik.
On December 14, both Dashadiya and Pritam flew from Ahmedabad to Bangkok, where they stayed at a hotel in Pattaya. On December 16, they flew to Mumbai from Bangkok. Pritam then went to Kolhapur, while Dashadiya continued his journey to Ahmedabad with two bags containing the drugs.
Dashadiya further mentioned that upon arriving in Mumbai, a woman named Nidhi called him and instructed him to contact her once he arrived in Gujarat, so she could guide him on where to deliver the drugs. However, before the drugs could be delivered, the police arrested him.
ACP (Assistant commissioner of Police) P G Jadeja mentioned that the co-accused, Pritam, who had accompanied Dashadiya to Bangkok, had previously bought a large shipment of drugs from Bangkok to India. Investigations are ongoing, and Dashadiya is being further questioned.
Notably, in this case, the drugs were not found during the screening at either the Bangkok or Mumbai airports, which raises questions about airport security.