The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested a 35-year-old drug peddler and claimed to have recovered 10 kilograms heroin worth around Rs 35 crore from his possession. Investigation has revealed that the drug trafficking module is being run by international drug traffickers and is having a well organised network in J&K, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri lanka, Gulf countries and South East Asia.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch), Ravindra Yadav said that the accused Mohammad Dharick is a native of Karaikudi village in Tamil Nadu. “The arrest was made by a team led by Inspector Sanjay Gade and Sub-Inspector Sumit Malik from New Delhi Railway Station,” he added. The recovered heroin had been transported from Afghanistan to J&K via Pakistan and this drug was being carried to Chennai from where it was to be transported to Sri lanka, and its final destination was Europe via Dubai (UAE).
During interrogation, accused Mohammed Dharick told the investigators that on November 27, he along with his associate Nazir Ali came to Delhi to recce the routes and returned back to Tamil Nadu.Yadav said that they took the bag containing heroin from a bearded man from Kashmere Gate Metro Station and returned to Pahar Ganj.
Yadav further stated that after receiving the consignment, all the four accused decided to depart to Chennai from New Delhi railway station. "As per their plans, they reached at New Delhi railway station and Nazir Ali directed Dharick to wait at one point with the bag and took Mujibur and Abbas to make arrangements for journey to Chennai. However, before all they could reunite, accuse Dharick was apprehended by the police and after seeing him caught by police, the remaining three accomplices managed to escape from the station," he added.
later, the crime branch of Delhi police had informed the Tamil Nadu police and a raid was conducted at Karaikudi and Devakuttai villages in Sivagangai district and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu but they managed to escape from the spot.