Amit Shah hails extradition of drug kingpin wanted in Rs 13,000 crore case; Calls it ‘milestone’
Highlighting the Centre’s commitment to bring down drug traffickers hiding abroad, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has extradited fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from the UAE. Basoya was wanted in connection with a Rs 13,000-crore drug seizure case investigated by the Delhi Police.
Haling the return as the milestone of zero tolerance against narcotics, Amit Shah poster on X, “Modi govt is relentlessly tracking down drug traffickers hiding abroad and destroying their entire ecosystem with a ruthless approach”
By tracing the criminal through a top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top approach, our agencies have once again proven that no matter where drug traffickers hide, they cannot escape the long arm of Indian law,” he said.
Basoya, according to officials, is accused of involvement in the movement of larger quantities of drugs from India to overseas market. This cartel was discovered during an investigation into a major drug seizure in Pune. On February 21st, 2024, the Pune police arrested Devesh Chandr Bhutani and Sandeep Kumar Rajpal Basoya in Delhi, seizing around 970 kg of mephedrone from them.
Investigation revealed that the consignment, was deemed to be sent to London. Owner of Delta Logistics Sandeep Hanuman Singh Yadav and manager Devendra Ramphal Yadav are accused as the logistics partners aiding to disguise the consignment as a routine commercial shipment and move it through the supply chain without attracting any attention of the enforcement agencies.
Officials in its report mentioned that Bhutani and Sandeep Kumar Rajpal Basoya were working on the orders of Virendra Basoya, who was identified as the key figure Yeah. in coordinating the network and arranging the movement of the illegal substances overseas.
Basoya was also wanted in a separate case being investigated by the Delhi Police Special Cell involving the seizure of drugs estimated worth rupees 1,300 crores.
Earlier this year, Shah had unveiled a Government vision document on drug control 2026-2029 and the Narcotics Bureau annual report 2025. These documents were formally released alongside a three-year national plan aiming to dismantle drug trafficking networks. Over 40 ministries and departments are a part of the plan which seek to tackle the narcotics ecosystem through joint efforts in enforcement, intelligence, prevention and rehabilitation.