Uttarakhand: Big action by Excise Department in Dehradun, boxes of liquor being brought from Himachal to Doon seized

In view of the three-tier panchayat elections, liquor smugglers have become active. However, in view of this apprehension, Excise Commissioner Anuradha Pal has already deployed various teams in the field. In Dehradun, the joint team seized 60 boxes of liquor being smuggled from Himachal Pradesh to Dehradun. Two persons were arrested on charges of smuggling.

Under the direction of Joint Commissioner Ramesh Chauhan, this action was taken by District Enforcement Team in-charge Prerna Bisht, Sector One Inspector Shiv Prasad Vyas and Sector Two Inspector Vijendra Bhandari. On information, smuggled liquor was seized from a pickup vehicle in the remote area Koti Kanasar. Along with seizing the vehicle used in smuggling, both the accused have been arrested and further action is being taken. Inspector Virendra Kumar, Reena Rauthan etc. were also included in the team.

The drug used in big parties also reached Doon
The supply chain of MDMA, the drug used in big parties, started from Mumbai and reached Uttarakhand. When the main supplier of the gang, Balliram Gupta, was arrested in Mumbai, the accused chose the peaceful valleys of Uttarakhand to prepare and supply drugs. SSP STF Navneet Bhullar said that the kingpin of the gang Kunal Kohli met Bhim Yadav, Monu alias Om Gupta, Balli Ram Gupta and Naveen Nepali living in Nala Supra Mumbai in Mumbai.

A case was registered against the accused

In the year 2024, a case was filed against Monu Gupta and Bhim Yadav under the Narcotics Act in Mumbai, so he brought both of them to his house in Tanakpur Gandakhli to save them from arrest. During this time, he met Naresh Shakri and Roshan Kohli in Tanakpur. Naresh Shakri’s house was secluded in Gandakhli, so everyone together planned to prepare MDMA drugs in Gandakhli.

Monu Gupta had earlier set up a drug manufacturing factory in Banaras but the UP Police raided there. He fled and reached Gandakhli. For the first time Kunal Kohli ordered chemicals from Banaras to prepare the drugs. Once the goods were ready, the supplier Balli Ram Gupta used to take the MDMA to Mumbai.

Fled to Nepal

Meanwhile, Mumbai Police arrested him with MDMA. When other members of the gang came to know about this, they shifted the factory from Gandakhli. After this, they found a quiet place to open the lab again and opened a poultry farm in Suwalkh. Under the guise of poultry farm, they started preparing MDMA. There they prepared about five to six kg of MDMA.

Kunal Kohli, Monu Gupta, Bhim Yadav, Rahul reached Banvasa with the consignment of drugs, where they hid the drugs in the house of their partner Rahul. After the supplier Balli Ram went to jail, the gang members were not able to find a supplier. On June 27, when Mumbai Police raided the Pithoragarh factory and some chemicals and equipment were seized, they fled to Nepal in different vehicles.