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Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted a major international drug syndicate and seized drugs worth about Rs 100 crore. Along with this, five Nigerian smugglers have been arrested. This network was being operated by Nigerian drug mafia Callistus alias Kalis, which was operated from a call center-like setup in Nigeria.
In this, customers used to order drugs through WhatsApp and Nigerian citizens used to deliver drugs like cocaine and MDMA in Delhi-NCR in ‘food delivery app’ style.
First clue found on June 13
The initial clue in this case was found on June 13 from a courier center in Moti Nagar. From here, a consignment of 895 grams of MDMA being sent hidden between women’s clothes and shoes was caught. During investigation, 2.7 kg cocaine, more than 1 kg MDMA and 1 kg marijuana were recovered.
Entry into India on fake passport
The main accused Kameni Philip, who is originally a citizen of Cameroon, came to India in 2017 on a Nigerian passport and joined the drug syndicate. He was deported from India, but in March this year he re-entered on a fake Cameroon passport and re-activated the drug network in Chhatarpur, Delhi. After Philip’s arrest, it was revealed that this gang used to give instructions to its agents in India from Nigeria through WhatsApp calls and voice notes.
The car numbers and locations of the customers were sent to the agents for the delivery of drugs. Philip and his associate were running the entire network together in Delhi, while local delivery agents like ‘Victor’ and ‘Tall Guy’ used to deliver drugs in Vasant Kunj, Kishangarh, Munirka and Noida.
Professional delivery of drugs
The special thing about this network was that the delivery of drugs was done in a very professional manner. The delivery agents used to wear check shirts and contact the customer at fixed places. Cash payments were taken from customers and handed over to the next level agent so that no agent could know the details of the entire network. This gang was not only supplying drugs in India but was also exporting MDMA to countries like New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Japan and UK.
Transactions worth crores through hawala
In the entire operation, Delhi Police has seized 2703 grams of cocaine, 1041 grams of MDMA, 1028 grams of ganja, cash worth lakhs, a Honda City car, several mobiles, passports and registers related to the sale of drugs. It has also been revealed that this syndicate was transacting crores through hawala. In the last 6 months, illegal transactions worth about 85 crore naira (Nigerian currency) have been done through this gang. The police have so far identified many important people associated with the network including the mastermind of the gang Callistus and the search for others is on.
