Cops seize drugs worth Rs 14.5 lakhs

A day after the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai police arrested a high-profile drug peddler for allegedly possessing party drugs like cocaine and Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), the police suspect that the accused might have used Darknet for procuring these drugs. The police have also identified a Nigerian peddler's link in a supply chain of drugs.

According to police sources said, LSD is supplied through European countries only and often the peddlers order a particular drug through darknet to evade arrests. Bitcoins, a cryptocurrency, is usually used to buy drugs through darknet, sources said.

The police arrested Bakul Chanderia (42) from his Khar flat on Saturday and seized party drugs worth Rs 14.5 lakh.

The police said that Chanderia, who is known to several Bollywood celebrities would allegedly secretly supply party drugs to struggling actors and models at posh nightclubs, and operate the racket from his house. The police raided his house and found 106 gm of cocaine.