In a major breakthrough, Delhi Police Crime Branch busted a drug trafficking gang “Ballu gang” with the arrest of an inter-State drug peddler and recovered 60 kgs of Marijuana in Southwest Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area, police said on Monday.
According to police, the arrested accused has been identified as Vikram, driver of the gang leader who was going to supply the drugs to one of the distributors in a Honda city car. The gang leader, Ballu, was previously involved in eleven criminal cases of dacoity, Arms Act and Excise Act.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Bhisham Singh said, “On March 21, one of the Crime Branch officers received an information that driver of a notorious drug supplier Ballu will come near Metro station of Uttam Nagar for supplying huge quantity of Marijauna to one of the distributors in a Golden Honda City car.”
Based on this information, a team of police led by ACP Jasbir Singh was constituted and accordingly a trap was laid at the same place and at around 3 am, the accused was spotted in the car and was apprehended. Our team recovered three bags containing 60 kgs of Marijauna. A case has been registered under Section NDPS Act.
During interrogation, the accused revealed that he is a taxi driver and lives in Palam area. After the company in which he was working shut down, he started working with bootleggers Ballu and Hari Prakash Kataria in 2016. He used to supply their illicit liquor in different parts of Delhi in return of Rs3,000 per trip. The accused further disclosed that Ballu later started supplying Marijuana in Delhi from other States and he, along with Honey and Thapa, used to smuggle the drug. He used to be paid Rs5,000 for each trip of smuggling Marijuana.
“The absconding accused Ballu has wide network of illegal drugs in Delhi and other States of the country. Regular raids are being conducted to nab Ballu and his associates Hari Prasad Kataria, Honey and Thapa who are absconding,” said the DCP.