Chennai man arrested in Jalgaon Ketamine seizure case

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has arrested a Chennai-based man in connection with the last month's seizure of 1.2 tonnes of the banned drug Ketamine in Jalgoan district of north Maharashtra.
It was the single-biggest Ketamine seizure in Western India to date.
DRI sources said Shentil Kumar, a key link between the alleged kingpin Vikas Puri (already arrested) and another accused, was arrested here yesterday.
Kumar told DRI sleuths that he was in touch with two persons in Chennai - Ayyamani and Sakayan - for whom he arranged supply of the drug.
Sources also said that he had taken a consignment of Ketamine worth Rs 75 lakh from Vikas Puri and transported it to Chennai for the commission of Rs 5.5 lakhs. "He seems to be a very important link between Mumbai and Chennai," said a DRI officer.

Yesterday Kumar was produced in the local metropolitan magistrate's court which granted his transit remand to DRI for production in Jalgaon court.
On December 14 last year, the DRI sleuths seized 1,175 kilogrammes of ketamine with market value of Rs 118 crore from Rukhma Industries in Jalgaon.
So far eleven persons - including Kumar - have been arrested in the case.