International drug cartel kingpin Jaffer Sadiq brought to Chennai for interrogation

CHENNAI: Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) sleuths brought Jaffer Sadiq, the alleged kingpin of an international drug cartel that was recently busted in Delhi, to Chennai on Monday for interrogation.

A source said Sadiq was taken to NCB's Chennai zone headquarters in Ayapakkam for investigation. "He will be taken to a few places as part of the investigation," added the source.

Jaffer Sadiq was produced before a Patiala court on Saturday at the end of seven-day custody of him granted to NCB. The anti-drug agency sought another week to interrogate Sadiq by taking him to Chennai. However, the court permitted three-day custody. He should be produced before the court before 4 pm on Tuesday.

It may be recalled that the NCB recently searched a house in Perungudi which was used by Sadiq's men to pack pseudoephedrine with ragi and cocoa powder and seized shipment bills of several consignments from Tamil Nadu to Delhi.

NCB's operations team and Delhi police busted a godown used to hoard pseudoephedrine and arrested three people. Based on their confession, the NCB arrested Jaffer Sadiq from a hideout.

Sadiq, who was till then known as a movie producer and businessman, holding a party post in DMK's NRI wing, became the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons. NCB's Chennai team arrested Sadiq's close aide Sadanandam in Chennai.