An alleged drug trafficker has been arrested and 5 kilos of opium worth Rs1 crore has been recovered from him, police said on Friday.
Gurpreet Singh (28), a resident of Alipur was arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police on Tuesday after police learnt that Singh, who supplies opium in Delhi and Punjab would be coming to a bus stop at Shani Mandir Chowk, NH-1 to deliver a consignment of opium to one of his contacts.
“A trap was laid and he was apprehended, after which a case under the NDPS Act was
registered against him,” said Ravindra Yadav, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime). During interrogation, Singh allegedly disclosed that he used to procure the contraband from border areas of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.