The Delhi Police has arrested two more Afghans on the charges of smuggling hard drugs into the national Capital. Two Afghanistan Nationals were arrested with 600 grams of heroin worth Rs 80 lakh in the international market.
Earlier this month Delhi Police have arrested five Afghan nationals for allegedly smuggling heroin from across the border in Delhi. Police have also recovered around 300 kilogram (kg) of heroin from the possession of the accused.
The duo, was arrested by the sleuths of Crime Branch from Delhi’s Geeta Colony, have been identified as Masjidi Feroz (35), who was presently living in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar and Jabiullah Rahimi (40), a resident of Tagaf, Afghanistan.
According to Rajiv Ranjan, Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, on August 1 specific inputs were received that two Afghani drug peddlers, Jabiullah and Masjidi Feroz, would be coming to Geeta Colony.
“Acting on the inputs, a trap was laid and duo was apprehended. Both were found carrying 300 gms of good quality Heroin. Subsequently, a case, under section 21/29 of NDPS Act was registered at Crime Branch police station,” said the Additional CP.
“During interrogation, Masjidi revealed that he has been living in India since the past 30 years and had arrived in India with his parents as a five-year-old child. He used to sell Chayawanparash, ‘Hing masala’ and ‘Jari-Buti’ to earn a living. However, about 2 years ago, he met Jabiullah, another Afghani National who also used to peddle heroin brought in from Afghanistan. He started peddling Afghan heroin along with Jabiullah,” said the Additional CP.
“Interrogation of Jabiullah revealed that he had been smuggling heroin from Afghanistan to India since the last 10 years. He met Masjidi about two years ago through a common friend and recruited him in his nefarious trade. He visits Afghanistan 2-3 times a year and each time smuggles heroin in his luggage,” the Additional CP said.
“Other persons associated with the racket are being identified. Further investigation is going on,” the Additional CP added.