New Delhi: Danish Chikna, who managed the drugs factory of gangster Dawood Ibrahim in Maharashtra’s Dongri, arrested from Rajasthan’s Kota last night in a joint operation of Kota Police & NCB.
According to reports, drugs has been seized from his vehicle. 6 cases, including that of murder, registered against him.
According to Sameer Wankhede, zonal director of NCB Mumbai Zonal Unit, a raid was conducted by a team of NCB officials in a dilapidated structure situated at Tantanpura Street in Dongri in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. The said dilapidated structure was being used by the gang to distribute drugs, such as charas, ganja and codeine to consumers and other peddlers, officials said.
“During the raid, we intercepted one Rafique Chand Shaikh and seized 2.684 kilograms of a codeine-based cough syrup. Shaikh is a peddler working for Danish Merchant, alias Danish Chikna, a member of the Chikna Gang. Danish is a notorious drug trafficker in South Mumbai. “Chikna Gang is presently active and runs an organised drug network in Dongri and surrounding areas,” said an NCB official, who is a part of the team that conducted the raid.
