In what is alleged to be one of many largest drug busts in latest occasions, the Narcotics Control Bureau seized about 50 kg of “high-quality” heroin and arrested a person after it performed raids within the Shaheen Bagh space of Delhi’s Jamia Nagar.
Claiming to have busted an Indo-Afghan drug-smuggling racket, NCB Deputy Director General (operations) Sanjay Kumar Singh mentioned throughout a press briefing that money amounting to Rs 30 lakh was additionally seized after the operation at a residential premises within the south Delhi space on Wednesday.
The medicine had been stored in backpacks and jute baggage and had been wrapped in packets of e-commerce main Flipkart and different corporations, the officer mentioned. He mentioned this was one of many largest narcotics seizures in Delhi, that too from a residential space, within the latest previous.
Another 47 kg of “suspected” narcotics had been additionally seized from the premises and the NCB has despatched the seized substance to a laboratory for testing, Singh mentioned. The seized heroin originated from Afghanistan and the money discovered is suspected to have been channelled by means of hawala (unlawful routing of money), he added.
The company additionally seized cash-counting machines and another “incriminating” materials from the premises. “It has been revealed that an Indo-Afghan syndicate based in Delhi, the National Capital Region and the neighbouring states is connected with the case. These syndicates have expertise in manufacturing and adulterating heroin locally,” Singh mentioned.
A senior officer mentioned the “kingpin” of the syndicate relies in Dubai and the company is probing the case additional, together with sure hyperlinks with Pakistan-based narcotics operatives.
The man who was arrested — an Indian nationwide — doesn’t keep within the raided house at Shaheen Bagh and had taken it on hire, the officer, who wished to stay nameless, was quoted by information company PTI.
The India-Afghanistan syndicates smuggle items to India by means of maritime in addition to land-border routes and heroin is smuggled with reputable items and cargo, the NCB mentioned. The contraband is subsequently extracted from these items by the Indian members of the syndicates with the assistance of some Afghan nationals, it added.
The company is finishing up raids to bust the whole community and the traffickers are linked to operatives based mostly in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi, the company mentioned.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”