Major cocaine cartel busted in Delhi, drugs worth Rs 10 crore seized

The Special cell of Delhi Police has busted an intercontinental syndicate of cocaine traffickers operating in a highly organised manner and recovered a massive 1850 grams of contraband valued at approximately Rs 10 crore in the international marketTwo women Maurey Erna Gangadien 45 a resident of Suriname South America and Namubiru Janat 35 a resident of Navi Mumbai and a native of Uganda were arrested in this connectionFurnishing details Deputy Commissioner of Police Counter Intelligence Special Cell Manishi Chandra said the syndicate was being operated by its key players based in South America with nodes in Mumbai Bengaluru Ahmedabad and DelhiThe contraband was being clandestinely smuggled into India by smartly packing in ladies purses amp cosmetic articles for the last several months DCP Chandra saidAccording to officials the Counter Intelligence Unit of Special Cell has been developing intelligence on various cocainespecific cartels operating in India Amidst continuous inteloperation a specific input was received on February 14 regarding movements of a foreign national lady into Delhi who was informed to have brought in significant quantities of cocaine from abroadActing on the input a team conducted a raid at a hotel in Karol Bagh area in Delhi where the accused woman Maurey Erna Gangadien was found staying since February 11 After complying with the stipulations under the NDPS Act a search operation was carried out at her hotel room and over 1 kg of fine quality cocaine neatly and professionally packed into the ladies purses deodorant containers etc was recovered said the officialThe accused was accordingly arrested and sent to police custody where during the interrogation the accused disclosed that she had transported the contraband on directions of her Paramaribo Suriname based handlers who are connected with other cartels operating out of South American producer countries like Mexico etc and have major transshipment partners in several African nationsIt was also revealed that on February 14 prior to her arrest the accused had delivered a part of the consignment brought in by her to another foreign national lady namely Lissa a resident of Navi Mumbai MaharashtraAccordingly efforts were made to identify and track the movements of the suspect Lissa and to recover the contraband that she had reportedly receivedOn February 21 the suspect Lisa whose real name was Namubiru Janat was apprehended from south Delhi while she was carrying a portion of the cocaine received from the first accused She was also arrested and taken into police remand after which she led to further recoveries of cocaineAccused Namubiru Janat holds a Ugandan passport and has been living in India at various places Her movement records show that almost on a daily basis she has been taking flights to various metropolitan cities like Bengluru Ahmedabad etc said the officialThe police have informed the respective embassies about their arrests and further investigation is under progressThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever