In another case of drug peddling in the national Capital, the Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested notorious Nigerian drug supplier along with two Punjab-based drug peddlers which led to the busting of an international narcotic drug cartel.
"Chukwuma Celestine (32), a Nigerian national was arrested on Friday with 610 gms of high grade heroin and 985 gms of Methamphetamine on the instance of Sukhjeevan who supplied them drugs from Dadri." said the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav.
While addressing a Press conference on Saturday, Yadav said that one of the accused, Swarn Singh (33), in order to evade the police jumped from an elevated road with a bag and sustained injuries.
"He is undergoing treatment in the trauma centre of AIIMS. 500 gm of Heroine was recovered from his bag. His accomplice Sukhjeevan alias Jeevan (30) also tried to jump but he was stopped by swift action of police and one kg of high grade heroin was recovered from him. They were travelling in an auto rickshaw on Tuesday when the police got special information regarding their location and intercepted them on the elevated road, in the Janakpuri area," Yadav said.
Worth more than Rs 10 crores in the international market, 2.110 kilogram of high grade heroin and 985 gms high potency Methamphetamine and mobile phones with various SIM cards used in the drug trafficking activities have been recovered from the accused.
Chukwuma , who has two fake passports has been supplying heroin to many Punjab-based drug peddlers and to other active peddlers based in Delhi. He is also indulged in sending consignments of heroin to countries like England, France, Italy, Canada, South-Africa and Nigeria through courier companies.
He used to procure heroin from Afghan nationals who visit India by air and bring heroin in Delhi by several means including swallowing heroin filled capsules in their stomach.
Jeevan told the police that he is an associate of Gurcharan Singh, a notorious drug supplier of Punjab. Gurcharan Singh along with his associate was arrested by the same team of Special Cell in the year 2016 and 3.5 kgs heroin was recovered. He is still lodged in Central Jail, Tihar.
Celestine along with his two associates was previously arrested in a case of where he was supplying drugs outside the country through a courier company in 2015.
The officer said that in the past six months, 75 kg of drugs had been seized by the Delhi Police. "We are investigating to arrest rest of the accused connected to the gang," Yadav said.