Inter-state drug trafficking syndicate busted; Rs 1.5 cr worth heroin seized

The AntiNarcotics Task Force ANTF of the Delhi Police Crime Branch has apprehended one drug trafficker and busted an interstate illegal drug syndicate spanning states of Uttar Pradesh Delhi and Manipur ANI reported on TuesdayAccording to the news agency the accused identified as Juned Khan alias Juber 31 hailing from Bairam Nagar of Uttar Pradeshs Bilaspur was arrested from Ghazipur Shamshan Ghat with 1541 kilograms of heroin valued at over Rs 15 crore police said on TuesdayAdditionally the vehicle used in the commission of the crime has been impounded according to ANIThe arrest was made based on a tipoff received by SubInspector Sukhraj indicating that Juned Khan alias Juber a drug supplier from Bareilly Uttar Pradesh would be delivering a substantial consignment of heroin in the national capitalActing swiftly police set up a trap at the specified location and apprehended Juned KhanA case has been registered in this regard under Section 2125 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS ActThe ANI reported during interrogation Juned Khan confessed that he became involved in the illegal drug trade in 2016 when he came into contact with a person named Ishrat residing in Aliganj Uttar Pradesh Ishrat further introduced him to the business of heroin trafficking The duo then began operating in the drug trade supplying heroin to various areas in BareillyKhan got in touch two other individuals from Manipur involved in heroin distribution in Bareilly who procured the contraband from Manipur Following Ishrats instructions Khan travelled to Delhi to deliver the heroin in his vehicle as per the ANIKhan who studied till Class 12 previously worked as a construction labourer and said he ventured into the illegal drug trade around one and a half years ago driven by the allure of quick financial gains according to the ANIMeanwhile in an another incidentA Nigerian national was arrested for alleged possession of cocaine worth Rs 57 lakh in Navi Mumbai police told news agency PTI on SundayActing on a tipoff the AntiNarcotics Cell ANC of the Navi Mumbai police apprehended the accused from the Kharghar area on Saturday an official told PTIThe ANC team recovered 57 gm of cocaine worth Rs 57 lakh from the accused identified as Egbulem Michael Okewuchukwu the official told PTIAn offence under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act has been registered against the man and a probe is underway to find out from where the contraband was sourced reported PTIEarlier police have arrested a Nigerian national in Maharashtras Navi Mumbai and seized from him mephedrone or MD drug worth around Rs 10 lakh an official told news agency PTIThe accused was arrested at Kopar Khairane on August 25 night he saidBased on a tipoff the AntiNarcotics Cell ANC of the Navi Mumbai police laid a trap at a parking spot in Kopar Khairane and nabbed the accused around 9 pm the police official told PTIThe accused identified as 31yearold Nnachor Paul was found carrying 100 grams of the MD drug the police official told PTIFollowing this he was formally arrested and an offence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act was registered against him reported PTIwith ANI and PTI inputs