India, Aug. 17 -- A Pune court on Sunday remanded alleged drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya, who was recently extradited from the UAE, to the NCB's custody till August 21.

A Delhi court on Friday allowed the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) plea seeking three-day transit remand of Basoya, accused in a multi-crore drug haul, to produce him before a Pune court.

On Sunday, Basoya was produced before a Pune court under heavy police security. The prosecution told the court that the accused stayed abroad for a long time. His name has surfaced in several drug-related cases and there is a possibility that he is a key figure in a major drug trafficking racket. Supplying narcotic drugs is a serious offence, the prosecution noted, adding that aro...