Two men held with heroin worth ₹8 crore

THE HEROIN, POLICE SAID, WAS BROUGHT FROM AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN TO DELHI

Delhi Police’s special cell on Wednesday arrested two men for allegedly smuggling two kilograms of heroin into the city. Police said the consignment was worth ₹8 crore in the international market.

The heroin, police said, was brought from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Delhi and was to be supplied to different states in north and north-eastern parts of the country. Police recovered an I-20 car with fake number plate and a mobile phone from them.

The suspects, Gurnaam Singh and Dilbagh Singh, were held from Singhu Border in outer Delhi. Apart from heroin, the two also had ₹20 lakh in cash, which they made from selling the drug. Police said the two men were part of a bigger drug cartel.

“We got information about an international drug cartel active in the states of Manipur, UP, Delhi and Punjab,” said Sanjeev Yadav, Special Cell DCP.

Yadav said that on Wednesday, police received information about a drug consignment that would be delivered near a petrol pump at Amrahi Village ExtenYadav sion in Dwarka. They laid a trap and spotted the two exchanging a bag with some men.

“The drug traffickers sensed police presence and sped away. Our team followed their car and after a brief chase, intercepted them near Singhu Border. The accused even tried to mow down the policemen in a bid to escape, but they were overpowered,” said.

During interrogation, the two told police that they had received the consignment from some men of African origin residing in Dwarka. They also disclosed that these men procured the supply of heroin from Afghanistan and Pakistan. “The carriers from Afghanistan and Pakistan transport these drugs in their stomach. They consume insoluble capsules of heroin and flush them out of their system after they land in India. They then gave these capsules to drug dealers in Delhi and Punjab who further sold them,” Yadav said.