Drugs worth `50cr seized, 2 arrested

In a massive haul, the Delhi police special cell seized 438 kg pesudoephedrine drug worth `50 crore. A Myanmar national among two others held.

Police said that the international drug syndicate illegally trafficking pseudoephedrine (it is used to treat nasal and sinus congestion) to Myanmar for preparing Methamphetamine or crystal meth (ice) for rave parties.

The arrested include Sumang alias Pa Sum, 46, resident of Sakawl Lam Tidim, Chin State Myanmar, Sumit Kumar, 22, resident of Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, Delhi and Sunil Goyal, 51.

During the past few months, the team of special cell, led by team led by inspector Kailash Singh Bisht, inspector Ravinder Kumar Tyagi and inspector Pramod Chauhan, was working on different international drug cartels running from Delhi and other parts of India.

During a tip off, it was revealed that one Sumit was running ‘Narcotics Drugs Pseudoephedrine cartel’ from Delhi to NE states for supply to Myanmar to prepare methamphetamine or crystal meth (ice) for rave parties. To bust the chain of this racket, the informers were deployed and surveillance was mounted.

On Oct. 31, at about 4 PM, one of the secret informer passed on information in Special Cell that above Sumit, who is involved in pseudoephedrine (narcotics drugs) trafficking from Delhi to NE states by train would come today at about 5pm at New Delhi railway station to book the illegal narcotic drug pseudoephedrine parcels for Guwahati.