The Delhi Police on Friday arrested two drug peddlers — belonging to an inter-State narcotic cartel — near Commonwealth Games Village with six kilogramme of heroin worth Rs 24 crore.
“The accused identified as Ikram (30) and Arvind Rana (35) have been supplying heroin to their clients in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut and Saharanpur for the last ten years,” Pramod Singh Kushwah, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell said.
“Acting on the specific inputs, a trap was laid underneath a flyover near Commonwealth Games Village, where the two accused were supposed to arrive to deliver a consignment. Around 12.20 pm, a car, which was spotted coming from Gazipur border, was stopped near the flyover. Two accused, who were in the car, were overpowered and initially six kg of heroin was seized from their possession,” the DCP said.
“During an interrogation, the duo disclosed they were members of an inter-state narcotic cartel and seized heroin was procured by them from a person based in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. They added in last one year, they supplied over 80 kg of heroin to drug peddlers in Delhi,” the DCP added.
“A case has been registered against the accused and further investigation is underway to trace the main supplier,” the DCP added.