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Ex-customs officer held in drug bust
The Morning Standard
|October 30, 2025
Operation controlled by international cartel based in Dubai and Thailand, say authorities
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DELHI Police has busted an international drug cartel and arrested an ex-Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) officer, seizing over 21 kg of high-grade hydroponic marijuana worth ₹27 crore, officials said on Wednesday.
Rohit Kumar Sharma, a 35-year-old former inspector with the CBIC, was arrested during a late-night operation in Janakpuri, southwest Delhi, a police official said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said that on the intervening night of October 13 and 14, a tip-off was received about an international syndicate supplying hydroponic marijuana in Delhi. The information suggested that the cartel's key supplier would deliver a major consignment near Janak Cinema.
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