The operation comes as part of the "No Drugs in Surat City" campaign, an ongoing initiative by the Surat Police to combat the rising sale of drugs that threaten the lives of the city's youth. 10 people were arrested involved in the racket.
In a statement, Gujarat ATS said "The investigations are on to find out since when accused have been producing the drug, whether they sold it in the past and who else was part of the entire cartel."
The raids targeted areas controlled by the Red Command drug trafficking group and took place in several communities in the city's north, including Cidade de Deus, and the Alemao and Penha complexes of favelas.
The police said the gang used to sell the drug to mainly IT professionals and employees from other service sectors. They used to supply the banned substances even in public places.
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The police said that the foreign nationals were running the drug laboratory near posh Sector Omega 1 of Greater Noida.
Rekha Sharma, who met Director General of Police Ashok Juneja on Tuesday to discuss pending complaints on which Chhattisgarh cops were yet to give replies to the commission, also slammed the police in the Congress-ruled state for their alleged laxity in handling offenses against women.
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The 34-year-old accused had not been transparent about his source of income on his IT-return papers.
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