Delhi Police busts interstate drugs racket, three held

The Delhi Police has busted a major interstate psychotropic drugs racket with the arrest of three people and seizure of 31 kilograms of Alprazolam tablets. The accused were allegedly part of an organised network involved in the illegal manufacture, transportation and distribution of the banned psychotropic substance across Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and the National Capital Region (NCR), police said.     

The operation was carried out following intelligence-driven surveillance aimed at tracking drug peddlers active in the NCR. Acting on specific inputs, the team arrested two accused near Nand Nagri Bus Depot while they were travelling in a car bearing an Uttar Pradesh registration number.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Shamim, a resident of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, Rajeev Sharma and Mohit Gupta, both from Bulandshahr.