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Thai woman among 2 held for drug smuggling in Gurugram

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that Kshitij was arrested with 5.15 grams of MDMA on the basis of a tip-off received by the crime branch officials.

Published on: Jan 15, 2026, 04:26:11 IST
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Two suspects including a woman from Thailand were arrested for their alleged involvement running an interstate racket to smuggle MDMA to Gurugram from Delhi, police said on Wednesday.

Police identified the suspects as Kshitij, 32, a resident of Sushant Lok-I and Chairatsami Kanlaya alias Zimi Jum, 31, of Kalsin city in Thailand.
Police identified the suspects as Kshitij, 32, a resident of Sushant Lok-I and Chairatsami Kanlaya alias Zimi Jum, 31, of Kalsin city in Thailand.

Police identified the suspects as Kshitij, 32, a resident of Sushant Lok-I and Chairatsami Kanlaya alias Zimi Jum, 31, of Kalsin city in Thailand.

Investigators said that Kshitij was arrested by a crime branch team near Genpact Chowk on Golf Course Road on Monday. Based on the information received by him, Kanlaya was arrested from Chakkarpur in Sector 28 late on Tuesday night.

Police said Kanlaya used to bring in drug consignments from a Nigerian man in Nawada, Delhi for further supplying to various locations and people in the city.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that Kshitij was arrested with 5.15 grams of MDMA on the basis of a tip-off received by the crime branch officials.

“Following the recovery, an FIR against him was registered under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act at Sector 53 police station on Monday. Kshitij was taken on four-day police remand for detailed interrogation.

Investigators said that Kanlaya entered India on a tourist visa on June 8, 2019 which expired on May 29, 2020 but she overstayed and got involved in drug smuggling. As per police, Kanlaya was arrested three years back with MDMA consignment for which another FIR was registered against her at DLF police station in Sector 29.

 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar

Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.

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