The Delhi Police has arrested a 32-year-old man and his wife from north Delhi for allegedly supplying drugs in the city. Police have also recovered 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 61 lakhs from the possession of the couple. The accused have been identified as Raj Kumar and Mariyam (24), both residents of Moti Nagar.
According to Anto Alphonse, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North district, on Saturday, police received information that one Rajkumar, along with his wife Mariyam, was supplying heroin from Loni in Ghaziabad to Moti Nagar in an SUV car and would come via Wazirabad Old Yamuna Bridge.
“Thereafter, police intercepted one car near Soor ghat, Wazirabad, and apprehended the accused persons. One polybag containing 500 grams heroin worth Rs 60 lakh in international market was recovered from their possession,” said the DCP. “Rajkumar bought the recovered heroin from one Israr of Fatehganj, Bareilly in UP and the accused were going to supply the heroin in western Delhi area. He engaged his wife in supplying heroin so that they would not be stopped or caught by police,” said the DCP adding that efforts are being made to trace the source of supply and the persons to whom the heroin was proposed to be supplied.
“Mariyam disclosed that her mother is also a drug peddler. She started supplying heroin along with her mother. After marriage with Kumar, she started supplying heroin from Bareilly in UP to Delhi along with him,” said the DCP.