New Delhi: Three men were arrested on Wednesday and the import of marijuana worth RS 35 Lakh was confiscated from them.
The drug was purchased through DarkNet and payment was made in Bitcoin.
The defendant has been identified as Karan Sajnani (24), Priyansh (22) and Sanjeev Midha (39).
Around 11:15 a.m.
on Monday, the crime branch team stormed the flat in Shalimar Bagh and arrested the trio and confiscated 1,873 grams of good quality Canada marijuana.
“The consignment price confiscated is Rs 40,000-50,000 for each ounce (28 grams) depending on the buyer’s payment capacity.
In the US, it costs around 600 dollars per ounce,” Alok Kumar said, commissioner together (crime).
During interrogation, it was found that Sajnani had a family business sales and purchase of cars.
“Priyansh is his friend.
My general friend, Pankaj Davar, was involved in the procurement of marijuana from the US by courier to sell it in Delhi.
About four months ago, Sajnani and Davar bought around 1.5 kg of medicine.
Three months ago, they have bought Other consignments in the same way.
This time, Davar deceived Sajnani by not sharing profits fairly.
Sajnani then decided to work without him, “said the commissioner together.
Kumar said about two months ago, Sajnani and Priyansh bought around 1kg of marijuana and sold it to two men, Goals and Vicky, in Paschim Vihar.
They had booked a recent consignment a week ago, which was intercepted by Crime Branch.
The police also found that the trio used to chat with people abroad using special applications where conversations were deleted automatically after three days.
“The seller is tracked to Darkweb through the onion browser, which directs internet traffic through free volunteer overlay networks around the world which consists of more than 6,000 relays.
After striking an agreement, payment is made in bitcoin or other cryptocurrency.
Priyansh pays the consignment using his bitcoin wallet .
The drug package is sent by international courier, package delivery or express service and sold to buyers in Delhi, “the officer said.