Three, including a Nigerian, held with heroin worth Rs 10 cr in Delhi
Three men, including a Nigerian national, were arrested and 2.5 kg of high-grade heroin worth nearly Rs 10 crore was recovered from them, police said on Saturday.
The trio were part of an international cartel that smuggled heroin from Afghanistan and Pakistan into the country, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P S Kushwah said.
Acting on specific intel, the special cell apprehended two Punjab-based suspected drug-traffickers, Surinder Kumar and Denny Kumar, from near an under-construction Metro station in Tikri Mor here around 12.15 am on February 19, he said.
They were headed towards Punjab with a consignment of heroin from a supplier in Dwarka, the officer said.
The duo were found carrying heroin, one kilogram each. During interrogation they revealed that their supplier was a Nigerian, John, he said.
They also disclosed that the drug was handed over to them at Amrahi extension, Dwarka, and Vikas Puri.
Police managed to catch John from Amrahi extension on February 23. Heroin weighing 500 gm was recovered from him, he said.
On further interrogation, the accused revealed that they had traded over 40 consignments of the drug weighing about 80 kg in the past one year, Kushwah said.
It also came to light that the cartel supplied heroin from Afghanistan and Pakistan through couriers who ingested drug-filled capsules to carry it inside their stomachs, he added.
