A 55-year-old criminal, carrying a reward of Rs 50,000, and accused of smuggling drugs especially opium was arrested from Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
High grade heroin weighing 200 grams worth Rs 80 lakh in the international market has been recovered from his possession, said Sanjeev Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell.
The officer identified the accused as Babu Khan, native of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.
According to Yadav, Babu Khan was involved in an illegal trade of opium and heroin for the last about 30 years. Earlier, he received opium illegally and processed it to convert it into heroin. Thereafter, Babu Khan started purchasing readymade heroin from other Bareilly and Badaun based suppliers and supplied the same to number of drug dealers.”
DCP said, “In July, we arrested threes smugglers and recovered 5 kg of heroine and opium. During interrogation they reveal that they received heroine and opium from Babu Khan who procures drugs from Bareily. Following this information the details about his whereabouts were gathered and his house in his village was raided but he was not found there.”
Delhi Police gathered information from local intelligence about his current whereabouts which revealed that he was staying in a rented house in the area of Qila Chhawni near Makan Nai Masjid in Bareily, Uttar Pradesh. “A raid was conducted at his rented house and Babu Khan was arrested,” said the
DCP.
Interrogation with the accused and further investigation in the matter to arrest more associates is still going on, said police.