US Trained Ex Air India Pilot Among Cartel Arrested For Smuggling Drugs Into India

A US trained ex Air India pilot was among the cartel arrested for smuggling drugs into India. The detained pilot, Sohail Gaffar, had previously worked for Air India. Sohail Gaffar, a trained American, is said to have left his position a few years ago, citing health issues.

The Narcotics Control Bureau recovered 60 kilogram of mephedrone narcotics worth ₹ 120 crore from a warehouse in Mumbai as part of a massive drug bust. One of the two arrested is a former pilot with Air India, reports NDTV.

The confiscation of the party drug is related to a wider network that was also implicated in a drug bust earlier this week in Jamnagar, Gujarat. In that incident, four individuals were arrested.

Sohail Gaffar, the arrested pilot, formerly worked for Air India. Sohail Gaffar, who was educated in the United States, supposedly left his employment a few years ago for medical reasons.

According to anti-drug officials, the very same drug cartel distributed around 225 kg of mephedrone dr...

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