SOG scans CCTV at Aether Industries in Surat ‘blue crystal’ drug probe

Surat | Gujarat — The Special Operation Group (SOG) of Surat city police have started the investigation of the CCTV footages inside the Surat-based Aether Industries limited, a leading manufacturer of advanced intermediates and active ingredients for the pharmaceutical, material science, agrochemical in Sachin GIDC to check whether the accused Brijesh Vrajlal Bhalodia visited the company premises for secretly taking out chemicals to manufacture high purity ‘blue crystal mephedrone’ at  his Parvat Patiya food testing laboratory. 

SOG police arrested Brijesh Vrajlal Bhalodia, 28, employed as senior lab technician at the Surat-based Aether Industries Limited and two of his accomplices, Khushal Vallabhbhai Ranpariya (age 27) and Bharatbhai alias Bhano Damjibhai Lathia (age 32),after raiding a food testing laboratory in city’s Parvat Patiya area where the accused were manufacturing high purity ‘blue crystal mephedrone’ drug on the behest of the mastermind identified as Janak Jadani who is operating from London. 

Rajdeepsinh Nakum, SGO DCP said, “Brijesh Bhalodia worked with Aether Industries. We have been checking the CCTV footage inside the company as part of the investigation into the blue crystal mephedrone case. We are also verifying the employee details at Aether industries and those who were close to Brijesh”s

A senior police officer said, “Aether Industries is a leading manufacturer of various types of chemicals for varied applications in various sectors. Being a senior lab technician, Brijesh was well aware of the chemicals and the stock in the company. It is very surprising how he managed to get these chemicals out of the factory. The CCTV investigation would further clear things in the next few days”

A source in the police said that the role of Aether Industries Limited became crucial as the accused was working as the senior lab technician and that he was bringing chemicals for manufacturing high purity blue mephedrone at his laboratory. The accused Brijest, who is the mastermind, used to prepare 1 kilogram of MD drugs from different chemicals in the laboratory in just five days. While the owner of the laboratory, Isha Anghan, on the advice of Janak Jagani, rented some premises of the lab to Brijesh for Rs 12,000 per month. 

Now the police are focusing their investigation into the case on the Aether Industries and the involvement of other staff into the MD drug racket. How the accused Brijesh used to get his chemicals out of the Aether company? Who was involved with him in this entire racket. The police have started the investigation. 

The accused were making a special type of ‘blue colored MD drugs’ in the lab. According to the police, these are in high demand at high-level parties. Drug mafias give it a blue color by adding a certain chemical process or color. This is a kind of ‘branding’, so that customers think that this is a ‘super quality’ or ‘premium’ drug. Blue meth was shown in a famous web series. Since then, ‘Blue Crystal’ has been considered extremely powerful in the drug market and its price is also being charged more.