With the arrest of four foreigners including two women in two separate operations, Delhi’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday claimed to have busted a narcotics syndicate working in national Capital. Police have recovered 7.5 kg of contraband worth Rs 25 crore in market from the possession of the accused.
Officials of the central anti-narcotics agency said two separate operations were conducted over the weekend. In the first case, a woman from Venezuela was arrested from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) after she landed here from Addis Ababa on May 25.
“The woman acted as a drug carrier and had swallowed 65 cocaine-filled capsules which were recovered from her after a medical procedure,” said a senior NCB official adding that her links in and around the national capital region are being ascertained.
While in the second operation, a woman from Uganda was apprehended by the Delhi zonal unit of the NCB after she reached Delhi from Mumbai on a train.
“The woman was operating with a narcotics trade syndicate and during investigation she revealed the whereabouts of her two Nigerian associates, who were later arrested with 5 kg heroin, 2.5 kg cocaine and 55 grams of amphetamine (stimulant drug),” said the senior NCB official.
“The accused were held under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act,” said the senior NCB official adding that
further investigation was underway.