23 January,2021 08:30 PM IST | Mumbai | Vishal Singh
Chinku Pathan, DJ Rahul Verma and Arif Bhujwala (From left to right). Pic/ Narcotics Control Bureau
The Narcotics Control Bureau continued its raid at Dongri for the second day on Friday and arrested a key accomplice of Pervez Khan, alias Chinku Pathan, who is late underworld don Karim Lala's grandson. NCB suspects Chinku Pathan and the man, Arif Bhujwala, have sold drugs worth about R1,500 crore in the past five years.
The anti-drug authorities seized a diary from Bhujwala's home at Noor Manzil. The diary has names of 20 big drug peddlers and reveals Bhijwala's ties with big players like Anis Ibrahim and Faheem Machmach.
It is believed Bhujwala made Rs 80-90 lakh a day from drug business. NCB suspects a part of the earnings was ploughed into real estate and the other was routed to Dubai through hawala for anti-national activities.
The diary has codes for drugs and weapons, said sources. Grey for quality of drugs, guitar means weapons, while white and brown conveyed party drug MD or 'meow meow', said sources.
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The NCB has learned that Bhujwala and Chinku Pathan own several benami assets, while Bhujwala has about 40 expensive cars.
"Investigation has revealed that money earned by selling drugs was sent to Dubai via hawala. ED's help will be taken to investigate this. We have also recovered a diary which has explosive details about drug mafias linked to the underworld," a senior NCB officer told mid-day.
During Friday's raid, the sleuths also nabbed a man who was in touch with Chinku Pathan and seized a few grams of MD from him.
