Notorious inter-State drug peddler Nand Kishore Joshi has been arrested with 5 kg of high grade heroin worth Rs 20 crore in international market, by special cell of Delhi Police. Joshi is said to be the lynchpin of a well entrenched drug smuggling network and with his arrest, Delhi Police has succeeded in checkmating his nefarious activities.
Pramod Singh Kushwaha, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) said that the arrested drug supplier is Nand Kishor Joshi.In a bid to bust the drug syndicate, the Special Cell has been working for the past four months and keeping a tab on gangs active in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab and other States.
According to the senior police official, on June 19, sleuths of the Special Cell received a tip off about the arrival of a man near the Hanuman Mandir near the outer circle between 10 pm to 11 pm.
As per the police sources, the members of the syndicate are involved in supply of high-grade heroin from Madhya Pradesh to Delhi and adjoining States in India.
Accordingly, a trap was laid and Joshi was nabbed. On searching his backpack, the police seized five kilograms of heroin worth Rs 20 crore in the international market.
Police added that they have registered a case under relevant sections of the NDPS Act at the Special Cell police station.