The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on March 9 arrested Jaffer Sadiq, accused of being the kingpin in a ₹2,000-crore international drug trafficking racket, in Delhi. The network he set up allegedly trafficked approximately 3,500kg of pseudoephedrine to Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia in the guise of food grade cargo.
Jaffer Sadiq alias Bezos is a Chennai resident and Tamil film producer, and also held the post of a deputy organiser of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s NRI wing for the Chennai District-West. After news of his alleged involvement in the drug racket came to light, he was expelled from the DMK on February 29. He had gone missing soon after the NCB and the Delhi Police Special Cell nabbed three persons in connection with the case. The NCB is also probing suspected political funding using drug money.
