Six foreigners held with heroin worth Rs.11 crore
August 5th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) An international drug racket was busted with the arrest of six foreign nationals in the capital. Heroin worth over Rs.11 crore was recovered from them, an official said Friday.
“Four Nigerian and two Afghan nationals were arrested from different places on Thursday,” Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) director Ashok Juneja told IANS.
Acting on a tip-off, the NCB officers intercepted an Afghan national in south Delhi and recovered 4.4 kg of high-grade heroin. The drugs were to be supplied to a Nigerian gang.
Through the arrested man, the agency nabbed another Afghan national. “We recovered 5.85 kg of heroin from him,” said Juneja.
The arrested men told the agency that the heroin was trafficked through the India-Pakistan border via land and air route. “Passengers are offered money to carry drugs,” said Juneja.
A raid was also conducted at the premises of a Nigerian national in west Delhi. Four people were nabbed from there and 400 gm of heroin was seized.
The Nigerians used to smuggle the drugs to Canada, America and some European countries. “The seized heroin is of pure quality without any adulteration,” said Juneja.
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