SURAT: The special operations group of Surat Rural police on Sunday nabbed the kingpin, who had stocked over 1 tonne of ganja in an apartment in Palsana. Accused Bikram alias Vikram alias Biku Parida, who lives at Chhaprabhatha Road in Amroli, was nabbed from slums in Katargam based on information received by SOG sleuths.
A native of Ganjam district of Odisha, Parida and his business partner Babu Nahak used to get the stock from Odisha and store the contraband in a residential apartment in Palsana to avoid any suspicion.
Nahak is yet to be arrested.
On July 21, Parida and Nahak had got 1,142 kilograms of cannabis by road and stored the stock in the same apartment. The rural police raided the apartment on July 23, seized the contraband and arrested Bikas Buli Gauda, who used to work for Parida and Nahak and also maintained the stock.
The gang used to transport the drug to the city and other parts of south Gujarat via scooter, which the cops seized during their raid.
