With the arrest of a 50-year-old man and his son, the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Saturday claimed to have busted a gang of international drug traffickers in the national Capital. Father and son, the duo used to supply 'charas' in retail to drug addicts in Delhi after procuring the same from suppliers based in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh (UP), West Bengal and Nepal.
The accused have been identified as Basu Dev Dass and his son Badal Dass (22) both residents of Rajender Prasad Road, Delhi.
According to Dr Ajit Kumar Singla, Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, on April 5, specific inputs were received that there would be a huge drug consignment delivery near Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Kala Kendra, Delhi following which a trap was laid and both father-Son were arrested from the spot.
"Police also recovered 3.5 kilogram (kg) Charas from the possession of the accused. Subsequently as case under section 20/25/29 NDPS Act was registered against the accused at Crime Branch police station," said the additional CP.
"During interrogation, both the accused disclosed that Basudev Dass used to procure the contraband from suppliers in West Bengal, Bihar, UP and Nepal. He had been in this trade since the year 2012 and was previously arrested in several cases. He used to sell the contraband to drug addicts," said the additional CP adding that his son after quitting his studies started assisting his father in the illegal work of contraband sale and purchase.