Archive · 20 May 2025
Man Arrested for Smuggling Drugs and Cigarettes
A man named Sanjay Kumar Pandey was caught smuggling a lot of illegal medicine and cigarettes.
He was sending them to other countries using a secret shipping business.
His brother, who lives in Dubai, helped him start this business.
The police found out about it and watched him for a month before catching him.
Sanjay and his brother used encrypted apps to talk and hide the drugs in packages of spices and clothes to avoid being caught.
The police are now investigating the case and looking for his brother.
A man was arrested for smuggling banned drugs and cigarettes.
He operated an international cargo and courier business.
The contraband was shipped to Dubai, Australia, and the US.
Sanjay's brother, based in Dubai, helped set up the operation.
Drugs and cigarettes were hidden in spice and clothing shipments.
- Who
- Sanjay Kumar Pandey was arrested with the help of Inspector Gajendra Singh.
- What
- Sanjay Kumar Pandey was arrested for smuggling banned pharmaceutical drugs and prohibited foreign cigarettes.
- When
- Following a month-long surveillance operation, the team apprehended Sanjay Kumar Pandey
- Where
- Mehram Nagar, Delhi, and to Dubai, Australia, and the United States.
- Why
- To evade detection, the duo concealed the banned substances in shipments of spices and clothing and then dispatched via air cargo to other countries.
- Banned Drug Quantity
- 83,090 tablets
- Prohibited Cigarettes
- 26,000 packets
- Destination Countries
- Dubai, Australia, US
- Location of Apprehension
- Mehram Nagar
- Smuggling Method
- International Cargo/Courier
- Concealment Method
- Spices, Clothing