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NEW DELHI: The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Tuesday said it busted an interstate drug cartel involved in bringing narcotics from the ‘Golden Triangle’ of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, and recovered heroin worth more than Rs 100 crores in international market from the two arrested men.
Police on Tuesday said that on October 13, accused Sayeed Khan (62), a resident of Devas district of Madhya Pradesh, was arrested from Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar.
From his possession, 25 kg of high-grade heroin worth over Rs 100 crore in the international market and a truck he was using to transport the contraband were recovered.
Based on Khan’s revelation, another key player Ghanshyam (46) was later arrested from
Mandsaur district of MP.
“They are part of a ‘Golden Triangle’-based cartel, and an emerging supplier on the drug map of the Indian subcontinent,” said a police official.
According to a press statement by the Special Cell, during interrogation, Khan revealed that the recovered heroin was delivered to him by one Zameer, a resident of Manipur, upon the directions of Ghanshyam and Raju.
Immediately, a team of Special Cell went to Mandsaur’s Daloda tehsil to identify and apprehend the kingpin of the cartel. After being identified by Khan, Ghanshyam was arrested.
Ghanshyam’s on-the-spot interrogation revealed that he, along with one Nilesh Alotiya and other partners, used to finance the transport of heroin from North Eastern states.
The police statement further claimed that to avoid detection by law enforcement agencies, Khan used to conceal packets of heroin deep between tea packets.
Using the seized truck, he travelled up to remote hilly areas of Manipur, Assam and especially Guwahati, to procure heroin from Zameer.
Ghanshyam also told cops that he and Alotiya used to procure and finance the consignments of heroin from various drug suppliers of Assam and Manipur.
He added that to earn easy money, he used to supply opium.
However, as authorities stopped issuing license to farmers for cultivation of opium, traffickers turned to the North Eastern states to start supplying narcotic drugs.