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Arrested drug peddler has acted as informer for Narcotics Control Bureau in the past

The Mumbai crime branch interrogating drug peddler Paul Durai, in connection with the case involving constable Kalokhe and Baby Patankar, has revealed that Durai admitted to have acted as an informer for Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the past.

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The Mumbai crime branch interrogating drug peddler Paul Durai, in connection with the case involving constable Kalokhe and Baby Patankar, has revealed that Durai admitted to have acted as an informer for Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the past.

According to the crime branch, Durai has, in the past, helped NCB officials at least three times to bust drug rackets in the city, of which one involved a huge consignment of Marijuana. An officer, on condition of anonymity said: "Durai has also told us that he was officially rewarded for the tip-offs by the NCB officials; we are verifying the information."

The Mumbai crime branch has also learnt that Durai was arrested by the NCB before becoming an informant. "We are now trying to get all the details about Durai of his drug peddling days from the NCB, and are hoping that it will throw more light on the drug syndicate," added the officer.

The officer said that Durai has divulged more details about the Kalhoke-Patankar drug syndicate, but that the interrogators will get more details soon.

The Mumbai police arrested Tamil Nadu native Durai in order to get to the source of the drug syndicate that was operated by Sashikala Patankar, alias Baby, along with Kalokhe. After her arrest, Baby named one drug peddler named G Samuels from whom she procured the drugs.

When Samuels was arrested, he told the police that he would procure the drug from Durai and pass it on to Patankar who would later give it to Kalokhe for safe keeping.

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