Cancar drug racket accused | Hospital employees, traders, middlemen: The ‘medicine syndicate’

In July, police arrested Abhishek Vaishya on suspicion of procuring anti-cancer medicines through unauthorized channels and distributing them. Over the following two weeks, 16 more individuals were apprehended as part of a 17-person alleged drug syndicate. This network allegedly stretched from Delhi-NCR to Haryana, Mumbai and Hyderabad, involving hospital employees, intermediaries, traders and retailers in the supply chain.

The investigation began with Vaishya's arrest, who was allegedly supplying the drugs without valid invoices. His brother, Suraj Chaudhary, and others like Gagan, Satish Kumar and Mukesh were alleged to have acted as middlemen and distributors. Prosecutors say the syndicate operated across multiple locations, with individuals occupying different roles in the supply chain.

Hospital employees were also involved, with former and current staff allegedly misappropriating medicines meant for patients. Police recovered vials, medicines, packaging material and cash from various suspects' homes and vehicles. The alleged network extended to Navi Mumbai, Haryana and Hyderabad, with police recovering large quantities of suspected counterfeit medicines and substantial sums of money.