9 kg cannabis valued at Rs 2 cr recovered from drug mule

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The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has busted a gang of drug traffickers, police said on Friday. Police recovered 9 kilos of charas (hashish form of cannabis) worth Rs 2 crore in the international market.

Information was received on Thursday that a drug trafficker possessing the psychotropic substance would come to Rohini area.  A trap was laid and he was apprehended.  The accused has been identified as Kuber Singh Budha (32), a resident of Nepal and presently residing in Outer Delhi. During interrogation, Kuber revealed that in 2010 he went to Manali to look for work. He came in contact with local drug traffickers and started working as a drug mule.  He supplied charas from Manali to drug peddlers in Delhi.  “In 2012, he shifted to Delhi and started residing in Burari area.  He procured charas from drug traffickers in Nepal and supplied it to the drug peddlers in the area of Burari and Majnu ka Tila until he was arrested,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Ashok Chand.

A case under the appropriate Sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered at Crime Branch police station.

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