Remember That Drug Leo Took In The Wolf Of Wall Street? Well, Its Reached Delhi University

Admin 12-Mar-2016 16:25:13 Inothernews

In a dark scene from The Wolf of Wall Street, the character played by Leonardo DiCaprio totally wrecks his car and the neighbourhood while driving home in a drug-induced haze. The drug in question, methaqualone, may now have reached Delhi University, police said. Officers said initial test results of a substance seized by the police, and interrogation of its alleged buyers, indicates the drug is methaqualone, also known as quaaludes or ludes - originally synthesised as a sedative but widely abused in the 1970s as a party drug when mixed with alcohol. Police on Wednesday said it had seized 122 grams of the substance during the arrest of an African national, who was being tracked as part of operations to curb supply of drugs, DCP (north) Madhur Verma said. The revelation has had the cops worried as it indicates the entry of another new drug in the capital. The previous rage was Meow Meow, which had found its way into the city in 2015.



The cops have sent the substance for further tests to the forensic lab, as the police's testing kit gives similar results for ludes as well as very fine quality cocaine. Ludes was classified as a Schedule I drug till the late 1980s in the US, and since then has been manufactured in illegal labs and sold as a recreational drug.

"The arrested man has been identified as Femi Elihja. He said that he was supplying drugs to party goers and students of Delhi University at north and south campuses. It was a tip off from a former drug addict," Verma added. The drug takes the user from a "relaxed trip to deep euphoria". It was being sold for anything between Rs 8,000 to 15000 per gram depending upon the customer's profile.

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Police are now going through Femi's call records to ascertain the identity of people who were in touch with him. He has confessed that he had come to Inderlok to provide 10 grams of cocaine to a contact. After the delivery, he had planned to go to the university to sell the remaining stuff. A few students who called him to buy drugs have been identified, sources said.

The racket was spread across India, police said. Describing the chain of supply, they said Femi used to exchange information about availability of drug through an associate code-named Kelvin, who is based somewhere in Africa. Kelvin sent drugs with the help of his other associate identified as John, who shuttled between Mumbai and Goa.

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