The sleuths of Delhi Police Special Cell are continuing to put bridle on the Afghan Narco syndicate, which are using alternate routes and innovative modus operandi to pump in contraband in India. Police on Friday said they have arrested two persons including an Afghan national and recovered over 260 jute bags containing almost 130 kilograms of soaked and dried Afghan Heroin from a container in Navi Mumbai which were imported under the cover of Basil Seed consignment.
The duo arrested were identified as, Tifal Nau Khez alias Tifaley (35) a native of Bulandshaher UP was the kingpin of the network in Delhi and one of the most important Afghan links, Ahmad Shah Alokozai (37) of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
The cartel used to import heroin soaked in jute bags. After initial recovery of 200 kgs, another 130 kgs heroin soaked in jute bags also recovered from a Navi Mumbai Customs Bonded Warehouse, police said.
DCP (Special cell) Manishi Chandra said, on the instance of Ahmad Shah a search was conducted at Customs Bonded area of Mumbai wherein, around 260 jute bags containing 130 kg of soaked and dried Afghan heroin were seized from a container. The drug was transported as a basil seed consignment. The route originated from Islam Qila in Afghanistan’s Herat and took the sea-route to Mumbai via Bandar Abbas port in Iran.
The jute bags were found containing another jutebag covered with thin white colour polythene layering. The inner jute bag covered with thin white colour polythene was found containing soaked and dried Afghan Heroin. Each bag has approximately 500 Gms of pure raw heroin.
During preliminary interrogation it was revealed that Tifal is the kingpin of the Delhi group. On the directions of his handlers based in Afghanistan, he had setup a reconstitution factory at a flat in Zakir Nagar.
He was the one who oversaw all the operations from reconstitution to delivery of processed Heroin in Punjab on the directions of Afghan based druglord Haji. While Ahmad Shah who was dealing in dry fruits in Delhi was given the task to import the soaked jute bags in India under the cover of dry fruits, DCP said adding that, these bags were to be delivered to reconstitution factories in Delhi and Punjab.