The Delhi Police seized the largest heroin haul ever when they discovered 354 kg of drugs worth more than ₹ 2,500 crore at a house in Faridabad. Four people have been arrested till now and officials are investigating a narco-terrorism angle in the case.
“The police have arrested an Afghani national, Hazrat Ali, a resident of Kashmir’s Anantnag, Rizwan Ahmad, and Gurjot Singh and Gurdeep Singh from Punjab’s Jalandhar. This racket is spread across Afghanistan, Europe and several parts of India,” said Special Commissioner of Delhi Police Special Cell Neeraj Thakur.
The police, during investigation, found that drugs from Afghanistan – hidden in sack bags and cartons — were being sent through Iran’s Chabahar port into Maharashtra’s Mumbai via Jawahar Lal Nehru port.
More than 100 kg of chemicals used for the heroin were also seized by the police. The overall international value of the drugs has been pegged at more than ₹ 2,500 crore and the haul was intended to be sent to Punjab.
The accused arrested from Punjab said the mastermind behind the drug racket, Navpreet Singh, has been operating from Portugal. Heroin weighing 283 kg and pegged at approximately ₹ 2,000 crore in the international market, being smuggled into Mumbai from Iran by sea, was also seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence earlier this week.
