Delhi zonal unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a Nigerian and two persons from Punjab for their alleged involvement in a narcotics racket being run from the national Capital.
Officials said the network for “supplying drugs to Punjab youths” was busted by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday and the agency seized about 825 gms of contraband.
NCB officials identified the Nigerian as Ifeanyi Okafor (36), who has been living on rent in West Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area after he came to India on a business visa that had expired in May this year, they said.
Officials identified the Punjab-based youths have been identified as Rimpu (35), a resident of Muktsar, and Balwinder S (35). “Okafor revealed he has been dealing in drugs ever since he had come to India four years ago. He was dealing in all kinds of drugs, including heroin, amphetamine and other synthetic drugs,” NCB Zonal Director Rohit Sharma claimed.
The three were held while illegally transacting 25gms of heroin in Uttam Nagar on Sunday, he said.
Sharma said Okafor was one of the major suppliers of drugs to Punjabi youths who had been coming to Delhi to procure their consignments from him.
“The agency had received a specific tip-off in this regard and was on the lookout for Okafor for the past two months,” he said. NCB claimed Rimpu told them that he was not getting high quality drugs at affordable rates in Punjab and so was sourcing them from Delhi.
The second person, Balwinder S, had recently sold off his vehicle for Rs3 lakh and spent the entire amount to procure drugs, the agency claimed.