The Special Task Force (STF) of the Haryana Police on Monday arrested a Nigerian with 3.2 kg of heroin valued at Rs 12 crore. Police suspects that the man arrested is a gang member of a drug cartel which is active in Delhi and its peripheral.
The accused has been identified as T Ahmed, who is in his early 40s. He is currently living in rented accommodation in New Delhi.
According to a senior police official, specific inputs were received by STF regarding the accused following which the team laid a trap at Sikanderpur Metro station and the accused was apprehended.
“Ahmed was driving a two wheeler when on instance of the informer he was nabbed by the STF team. He was found to be carrying ‘heroin’ weighing 3.2 kg, estimated to be worth Rs 12 crore in the international market”, STF Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Satheesh Balan said.
Police suspect that the seized heroin was to be delivered to a Delhi-based drug dealer, on the occasion of Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, they said.
He has been taken on police remand for interrogation.
It may be noted that the STF of the Haryana police had set up a dedicated Anti Narcotics unit at the Hisar range to prevent illegal consumption of drugs and keep an eye on drug cartels across the State.
The STF suspects that most of these drugs are coming from Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Africa, America and in India areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
Officials with the STF said, several groups of Nigerian national involved in the drug trafficking in the Delhi and NCR region. “They frequently visit pub and bars and rave parties to catch their clients and later provide them illegal substances. They charged Rs 4,000 for 1 gm heroin”.
“The STF is making an effort to connect all backward and forward links to unearth the entire chain of supply and mode of trafficking, end users and source of origin of drugs. We have discussed the issue in details and passed directions to our team to start action without any delay,” Balan said.