NEW DELHI, July 10: The Delhi Police Special Cell has seized 354 kilograms of good quality heroin worth Rs 2,500 crores and busted a huge international drug syndicate. Four people – three from Haryana and one from Delhi – have been arrested so far in the case.
This is one of the biggest consignment of drugs to ever be caught by the Special Cell and one of the largest drug syndicates to be exposed, an official police spokesman said on Saturday.
The police are investigating an angle of narco-terrorism in the case. Interrogation of suspects is currently underway.
The official said the operation had been going on for months. The drugs had come from Afghanistan. They were transported from Mumbai to Delhi by sea in hidden containers.
“The drugs were to be further processed at a factory near Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh. A house was rented in Faridabad to hide them. The link operator was sitting in Afghanistan,” he said. The drugs were to be supplied to Punjab.
According to the police, there were clues that money to fund the operation had been coming from Pakistan as well.
(Manas Dasgupta)