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Delhi Police Bust Int l Drug Racket, Seizes Over 50 Kgs Of Heroin Worth Rs 250 Cr; 5 Arrested
Delhi Police bust Int l drug racket, seizes over 50 kgs of heroin worth Rs 250 cr; 5 arrested
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI) An international drug racket was bused by the Delhi Police with the arrest of five men and seizure of 54.2 kilograms of heroin worth around Rs 250 crores, officials said on Thursday.
The five arrested members have been identified as Altaf alias Mehrajuddin Darji, Abid Hussain Sultan, Hashmat Mohammadi, Tifal Nau Khez and Abdullah Najibullah, they said.
The Delhi Police s Special Cell also claimed to have unearthed a drug factory in Delhi s Batla House area, officials said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P S Kushwah said, Our team received information about a Kashmir-based man named Altaf, who is part of the narco-module and used to frequently visit Delhi-NCR under the cover of carpet trade.
The seized drugs
NEW DELHI: Following leads emerging from the investigation of the blast outside the Israel embassy in January this year, Delhi Police’s Special Cell stumbled upon a huge Taliban-led drug cartel pumping in grade-A heroin into India. Contraband weighing 54kg and worth over Rs 275 crore in the international market has been recovered and five men have been arrested.
With the US forces on their way out of Afghanistan, apparently several new poppy-heroin processing modules have become operational. Gunny sacks and garments soaked in heroin are being sent to Delhi-NCR and seasoned chemical experts arrive on medical visas to execute the complex heroin reconstitution operations at scattered locations in the region.
5 Arrested In Drug Bust In Delhi, 50 Kg Heroin Worth 250 Crore Seized: Police 5 Arrested In Drug Bust In Delhi, 50 Kg Heroin Worth 250 Crore Seized: Police The five arrested members have been identified as Altaf alias Mehrajuddin Darji, Abid Hussain Sultan, Hashmat Mohammadi, Tifal Nau Khez and Abdullah Najibullah, they said.
Police also claimed to have unearthed a drug factory in Delhi s Batla House area. (Representational)
New Delhi:
An international drug racket was bused by the Delhi Police with the arrest of five men and seizure of 54.2 kilograms of heroin worth around Rs 250 crores, officials said on Thursday.
The five arrested members have been identified as Altaf alias Mehrajuddin Darji, Abid Hussain Sultan, Hashmat Mohammadi, Tifal Nau Khez and Abdullah Najibullah, they said.
Kandahar-Kashmir drug racket busted in Delhi, over 54 kg heroin seized
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Bengaluru: Seized drugs worth Rs 4 Crore on display during a press conference at Police Commissioner office, in Bengaluru on Friday 5th March 2021 . Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 13 : Delhi Police s Special Cell on Thursday said that it has busted an international drug racket with its links to (Afghanistan s) Kandahar and Kashmir with the arrest of five persons with over 54 kg of heroin valued at Rs 250 crore.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, Pramod Singh Kushwah said that Altaf aka Mehrajuddin Darji, Abid Hussain Sultan, Hashmat Mohammadi, Tifal Nau Khez aka Tifley, and Abdullah Najibullah aka Nabi were arrested, and a narcotic reconstitution factory set up by the cartel in the area of Batla House has been unearthed.