Cocaine worth Rs22 crore seized in Delhi

NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown against narcotics smuggling in the capital, police have seized a huge quantity of heroin worth Rs22 crore in the international market and arrested three persons in this connection.

In separate incidents, the anti-narcotics wing of the Delhi Police also seized 13 grams of cocaine and 1.5 kg of brown sugar in the last few days and arrested four persons.

Twenty-two kilograms of heroin was seized from near Gurdwara Majnu Ka Tilla in north-west Delhi from three persons last Thursday when they were waiting to deliver the contraband to somebody. The seized contraband was of Afghani origin.

The arrested have been identified as Surjeet Singh, Manjeet Singh and Gurusewak Singh, all of them in their early thirties and hailing from Punjab.

"We are also looking for one Jageet Singh, who is the main supplier of heroin," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Narcotics) AS Cheema said.

He said Surjeet Singh was earlier involved in cases of drug trafficking and currency forging.

The trio had come from Punjab in a car to deliver the contraband here, he added.

In another case, police arrested one Mohammed Aslam in Ashok Vihar area in East Delhi with 13 grams of cocaine last week. A gram of cocaine has a street value of Rs3,500.

On interrogation, Aslam told police he got the drug from his cousin Naved, a resident of Mumbai, afterwhich a police team was sent to the western metropolis and he was nabbed.

In the third case, police seized 1.5 kg of brown sugar from two persons, hailing from Uttar Pradesh.