The ruling DMK on Sunday sacked its NRI wing Chennai West district deputy organiser Jaffer Sadiq, also a Tamil film producer, from the party’s primary membership amid reports of his alleged links with an international drug cartel that was jointly busted by the Delhi Police and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).
On Saturday, officials said that a massive drug cartel was busted in the joint operation, which brought to light an international network where pseudoephedrine, disguised as health mix powder and desiccated coconut, was trafficked through air and sea cargo.
Information was received from New Zealand customs authorities and Australian police that large quantities of pseudoephedrine, concealed in desiccated coconut powder, were being sent to both the countries. Further, inputs from the US Drug Enforcement Administration indicated that the source of consignment was in Delhi.
