Continuing its crackdown on alleged drug racketeers, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Eastern Zone, part of its clampdown of drug abusers, on Friday arrested a 20-year old student, alleged to be a kingpin, from Nashik, Maharashtra on charges of smuggling of drugs. He was also wanted in connection of Dubai drug Gate.

According to officers of NCB, Eastern Zone, the sleuths on the trail of alleged drug racketeers, on Friday had cuffs for a 20-year old Kamalesh Baste, who the officers claimed was one of the kingpins of smuggling drugs into prominent colleges and universities in the city .

NCB sources said Friday’s breakthrough was part of their sustained crackdown on alleged drug abusers and linkmen, who are in the agency’s net so far.

The arrest of Baste was under their radar since Nilay Ghosh was apprehended in connection with delivering drugs to students of some of the prominent city colleges and universities .

“Following interrogation of Nilay Ghosh, grandson of former CPI-M leader of Salt Lake Dilip Gupta, who was arrested in connection with drug syndicate, we came to know the name of Kamalesh.

Preliminary investigation revealed that he was in the business of delivering the contraband LSD from Nashik, Maharashtra to his agents through courier service.

Tracking the number of courier, our officers cracked the case by arresting him,” an officer of NCB, pursuing the case said.

The officer also claimed what had made the arrest more startling was the revelation of Dubai connection with the city’s drug syndicates.

“Kamalesh has admitted during interrogation that he would send consignment to his agents in the city through courier following instructions from Dubai.

He was just carrying out their instruction as sent to him and he in turn would deliver the consignment to his agents employed in the city through courier, who in turn would serve the drugs especially LSD on the campus among students,” an officer said.

Preliminary investigation revealed Baste used dark net and bitcoins to acquire the drug. And he was entrusted with the job to fan the cobweb of drug in more than 100 management and engineering colleges and Universities.

According to NCB sources Kamalesh was scheduled to travel to Europe in 2016 but for health issues he had to abandon the plan.

In the same year he came in contact with a woman at a Nightclub in Kota, Rajasthan and developed addiction to drugs.