Rs 100 cr drug bust at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh: NCB probing hawala angle

In one of the biggest recent narcotics seizures the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB Delhi Unit on Thursday busted an IndiaAfghanistan drug syndicate and recovered 50 kilograms of heroin worth over Rs 100 crore from a residential flat in southeast Delhis Jamia Nagar Shaheen BaghOne person was arrested in this case Along with the contraband Rs 30 lakh of cash and 47 kilograms of some other narcotics substance concealed in a tree trunk yet to be identified were also recoveredThe NCB and agencies concerned are now probing if the hawala money was for any other illegal purposesIn connection with the recovered narcotics to the massive recent drug haul in Kandla is also being looked into sources saidNCB Deputy Director General operations Sanjay Kumar Singh said that the probe so far has revealed that an IndiaAfghan syndicate based in Delhi the National Capital Region and the neighbouring states has also surfacedHe said these syndicates have expertise in manufacturing and adulterating heroin locallyOne of the investigators said the kingpin of the syndicate is based in Dubai and the agency is probing the case further including certain links with Pakistanbased narcotics operativesThe man who was arrested is an Indian national and had taken the house on rent from where the drugs and cash have been recovered the officer saidThe NCB Deputy Director General further said that the drugs were kept in backpacks and jute bags and were wrapped in packets of ecommerce companiesThis is one of the biggest narcotics seizures in Delhi that too from a residential area in the recent past Another 47 kg of suspected narcotics were also seized from the premises and has been sent to a laboratory for testing Singh saidOfficials said that the seized heroin originated from Afghanistan and the cash found is suspected to have been channelled through hawala The NCB also seized cashcounting machines and some other incriminating material from the premises officials saidThe NCB further said that the IndiaAfghanistan syndicates smuggle goods to India through maritime as well as landborder routes and heroin is smuggled with legitimate goods and cargo The contraband is subsequently extracted from these goods by the Indian members of the syndicates with the help of some Afghan nationals one of the officers saidNCB officials also said that their teams are carrying out raids to bust the entire network and the traffickers are linked to operatives based in Punjab Haryana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand and DelhiThis 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