Delhi Police bust international drug cartel, seize narcotics worth over Rs 4 crore

Acting connected a tip-off, a squad led by inspectors Jasbir and Vikas Pannu nether the supervision of Raj Kumar, Assistant Commissioner of Police, and Bhisham Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police, arrested Goswami, a section cause peddler from Ghaziabad, adjacent Kalibari Apartments successful Delhi’s Gol Market. The squad besides recovered 33 grams of MDMA — a commercialized quantity nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act — from Goswami, the constabulary said.

The constabulary registered a First Information Report (FIR) nether sections 22 and 25 of the NDPS Act. The constabulary said their probe revealed Goswami’s engagement successful supplying narcotics to posh areas successful Delhi similar Connaught Place. Further probe led to the apprehension of 1 of his suppliers, Ikechukwu, from Chattarpur with 47 grams of MDMA connected Wednesday. During a hunt of his rented house, the constabulary recovered tracking IDs linked to parcels sent from abroad, allegedly by 1 Frank, an African national. The parcels were traced to the Foreign Post Office which contained 6,790 Ecstasy tablets weighing 3.037 kg, valued astatine Rs 4 crore.

Additional Commissioner Bhatia said Goswami was a taxi operator earlier entering the cause commercialized done contacts with an African supplier. “He had contacts with consumers of drugs done his illustration arsenic a taxi driver,” said the officer.

Bhatia said Ikechukwu arrived successful India 8 years agone successful Kolkata, earlier moving to Faridabad, and past settling successful Chattarpur, adding that further probe is underway.