In a major drug haul, Delhi Police Crime Branch recovered 60 kg of fine quality poppy-straw after apprehending an inter-State drug peddler namely, police said on Sunday.
Subhash alias Manga (44) was arrested from the Kurukshetra district of Haryana.
Madhur Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said that the sleuths of Crime Branch received information that the person who is supplying poppy-straw in Delhi, and other States, would be coming at Singhu-cut near corner of Guru Teg Bahadur Memorial, NH-1, Delhi. Following which, a team of 7 policemen led by Neeraj Chaudhary and Sandeep Yadav was then constituted under the supervision of ACP Sanjay Sehrawat. After gleaning information from the sources, Delhi Police laid down a trap at the spot where Manga was expected to arrive and there the man was taken into custody after recovering 60 kgs of fine quality of opium from him.
During interrogation, Manga disclosed that he is supplying contrabands for the last one year in Delhi and Haryana with the help of a man Jahul, who brings contraband from Madhya Pradesh to him. Manga then used to supply the contraband to the truck drivers in the transport parking at the Singhu border. The drug peddler was running a shop of scrap-dealer for the concealment of his illegal activities.
The accused drug peddler has been arrested under pertinent sections of the Narcotic Drugs Psychotropic Substances Act of 1985. The Delhi Police is now aiming and putting efforts to trace Jahul who is the root of dispensing the contrabands.