26 February,2011 07:24 AM IST | | Agencies
An NSG commando, who claimed to have been part of the strike team during the 26/11 attacks, was arrested along with an accomplice for allegedly indulging in drug trade yesterday.
26 kg of a banned hypnotic drug with a street value of Rs one crore was seized said police officials.
Kuldeep (27), who hails from Alwar in Rajasthan, and Naresh were apprehended from South Delhi's Saket following a tip off, a senior police official said.
"940 gm of Methaqualone, a sedative-hypnotic drug that is similar in effect to barbiturates, a general central nervous system depressant, was recovered from them. Another 25 kg of the drug was seized from Delhi and Gurgaon," he said.
Delhi Police has informed the NSG about the arrest of the commando, who is believed to have been part of a team which was assigned to battle terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November 2008.
Investigators believe that the banned contraband was processed in Pakistan and was to be delivered to a city-based high profile drug dealer.
A case under sections 22, 25 and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
"A policeman received an information that two men, including an NSG commando, would come there to deliver the contraband. He informed his senior officials and a raiding team in plain clothes laid a trap," the official said.
Kuldeep was on a motorcycle bearing a Rajasthan registration number while Naresh was riding another motorcycle with Haryana registration number.
The commando told the police that he was part of various NSG teams involved in fighting terrorists.
Rs 1 crore
Value of the drugs seized by Delhi police
