'Police informer' held with heroin worth Rs 1.41 crore
Nov 13, 2019, 05:04 PM ISTWith this, the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai police has claimed to have unearthed an alleged nexus between police informers and drug peddlers, an official said
With this, the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai police has claimed to have unearthed an alleged nexus between police informers and drug peddlers, an official said
A Nigerian national was arrested for allegedly supplying drugs in the national capital, police said on Saturday. Thirty grams of heroin worth Rs 5 lakh was recovered from him, they said.
It was revealed that the Airport Security Force (ASF) had reportedly recovered around 25 ks of drugs from their baggage, concealed into women's clothing, which was detected later during the scanning process.
The trio were identified as Jai Chand Saxena (31) a resident of Bareilly, Sonu Goswami (26) and Shyam (25) both residents of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Delhi police special cell seized over 10 kg of heroin from Rohini in Delhi on Wednesday. Three accused arrested possessing the drugs which were being peddled from Manipur through Naxal-affected areas of Jharkhand.
The BSF recovered 3kg heroin near Shameke border outpost at 7 am, while patrolling the Sutlej river area in a boat.
The Customs Department has seized large quantity of suspected heroin concealed inside a truck carrying salt which crossed over to Indian territory from Pakistan through the Integrated Check Post at the Attari-Wagah International Border, officials said on Sunday.
Terming the recovery as a "major success", a spokesman said the BSF carried out a special search operation on a specific information and found a plastic can in a branch of Phalku Nalla.
In a major operation on the high seas, the Indian Coast Guard on early Tuesday seized a Pakistani fishing vessel carrying 200 kg heroin, valued at a whopping Rs 600 crore in the international market, an official said.
Birbal Chaudhery (25) was arrested from the Sonauli bus stand following his arrival from Nepal with the contraband in possession.
Four men were arrested and 50 kg of heroin worth more than Rs 200 crore in the international market were seized, police said Monday.
The two accused said they used to bring consignments in their stomach by swallowing heroin-filled capsules and sometimes carried them in secret cavities of their bags by air, a senior officer said.
The accused - Teeka Ram (33) and Rajpal (47) - used to procure the contraband from Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district and supply it to their clients in Delhi and the national capital region, they said.
The four arrested accused include a national of Nigeria and two of Afghanistan, DCP (Special Cell) PS Kushwah said.
"The BSF troopers recovered two packets of heroin from a group of Indian smugglers near the Indo-Bangladesh border on Sunday morning," the NCB said.
The Indian Coast Guard intercepted and seized a merchant vessel carrying approximately 1,500 kilos of heroin valued at about Rs 3,500 Crore off the coast of Gujarat.
Noida Police said that an Afghan national has been arrested after he was booked on charges of smuggling heroin into the country.
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