Following the extradition of businessman Virender Baisoya from Dubai over a week ago, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police has taken him into custody for interrogation concerning his alleged involvement in a Rs 13,000-crore drug trafficking operation allegedly managed from abroad, as reported by The Indian Express.
Sources indicate that on Monday, the Special Cell transported Baisoya from Maharashtra to Delhi under a transit remand. Prior to this, he was held by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Mumbai in relation to the confiscation of 1,800 kg of mephedrone in both Pune and Delhi, following a case that originated in 2024. During a crackdown in the same year on a purported drug syndicate operating in Delhi and Gujarat, authorities discovered Baisoya’s connection to the organization, according to police officials.
On Tuesday, Baisoya appeared before a Delhi court, which subsequently ordered him to be held in police custody for ten days. A team from the Special Cell’s Counter Intelligence unit is currently investigating the matter.
The Delhi Police has reportedly prepared an extensive set of questions for Baisoya, focusing on the syndicate’s connections in Pakistan, Dubai, the United Kingdom, and Thailand. Investigators believe Baisoya served as a pivotal link among the operatives situated in these regions.
Additionally, authorities plan to interrogate him regarding Sandeep Dhunay, an Indian-origin national residing in the UK who is a co-accused in the case. Dhunay is thought to be hiding in Pakistan.
In 2024, Baisoya, a resident of Pillanji village in South Delhi, was already facing drug smuggling charges from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Following the Pune incident, he allegedly fled to Dubai, where he purportedly continued to oversee the operations of the drug syndicate based in Delhi.
Baisoya was repatriated to India as part of the NCB’s ‘Operation Global-Hunt’ after his arrest in Dubai in June. Upon his arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport from Dubai on August 14, the anti-drug agency took him into custody and subsequently transported him to Pune for questioning, as per sources.
In the chargesheet related to the Rs 13,000-crore drug cartel, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police identified 19 individuals as accused. Among them, 14 have been apprehended, including Tushar Goyal, an heir to two publishing firms. The remaining five, including Baisoya, were classified as proclaimed offenders due to their absconding status.
An officer noted, “Baisoya is alleged to have financially supported the cartel’s activities; his younger son, Rishabh Baisoya, 25, along with associates Ritik Bajaj, 36; Pramod, 50; and Vikas Rane, 49, have also been declared proclaimed offenders,” as stated in the chargesheet.
According to the chargesheet, the drug seizures occurred in three distinct operations. On October 1, 2024, 562 kg of cocaine was confiscated in Mahipalpur, South Delhi, leading to the arrest of Tushar Goyal and three others. A subsequent seizure of 208 kg of cocaine took place on October 10 from a shop in Ramesh Nagar, West Delhi. The third operation, conducted on October 13, involved the recovery of 518 kg of cocaine—valued at Rs 5,000 crore on the international market—during a raid at Aavkar Drugs in Ankleshwar, Gujarat, carried out by the Special Cell in conjunction with the Gujarat Police.
Authorities mentioned that the narcotics were transported to the Aavkar facility in Gujarat from South India disguised as consignments of pharmaceutical chemicals. “The drugs entered India from various locations in South America via Dubai, intended for delivery to Aavkar in multiple road shipments for refinement and processing,” an officer explained.
Once processed, the drugs were to be distributed from Gujarat as medical consignments, with documentation falsely attributing them to a fictitious company called Pharma Solutions Services. Police noted that the drugs were then transported as medicine packages by road to the Delhi-NCR region.
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