New Delhi:- Two persons, including a woman, were arrested and heroin worth Rs 60 lakh was seized from them in two separate incidents here, police said today.
The accused, identified as Ali Sher Shefai (55) and Shaheen (28), were arrested by Crime Branch’s Narcotics Cell on May 7, they said.
In the first incident, police got a tip-off that Shefai, a resident of Jaitpur area, would come on DDU Marg.
“Acting on the tip-off, police laid a trap and managed to arrest him, recovering 300 gm of heroin from him,” said a senior police official.
According to the official, Shefai disclosed that one Jalis of Badayun district of UP used to visit Jaitpur market on weekends to deliver him consignment of heroin.
In the second incident, police arrested one Shaheen from Rohtak road on May 7 who had come to supply huge quantity of heroin to someone there.
“Police have recovered 300 gm of heroin from her possession. She would procure heroin from one Rashid of Faridpur area of Bareilly in UP and sell the same in Karala and adjoining areas,” police said.
The cost of around 600 gm of fine quality heroin in the international market, recovered from both the accused, was about Rs 60 lakh, the official added.
PTI
