Delhi Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested two persons, including a woman, and recovered heroin worth Rs60 lakh from their possession. The accused, identified as Ali Sher Shefai (55) and Shaheen (28), were arrested by the Crime Branch’s Narcotics Cell on May 7, a senior Delhi Police official said. In the first incident, police were tipped off that Shefai, a resident of Jaitpur area, would come to DDU Marg. “Acting on a tip-off, police laid a trap and managed to arrest him, recovering 300 gm of heroin from him,” said a senior police official. According to the official, Shefai disclosed that one Jalis of Badayun district of UP used to visit Jaitpur market on weekends to deliver a consignment of heroin.
In the second incident, police arrested one Shaheen from Rohtak road on May 7 who had come to supply a huge quantity of heroin to someone there. “Police have recovered 300 gm of heroin from her possession. She would procure heroin from one Rashid of Faridpur area of Bareilly in UP and sell the same in Karala Village in West Delhi and adjoining areas,” police said. The cost of around 600 gm of fine grade heroin in the international market, recovered from both the accused, was about Rs60 lakh, the official added.