Another 150 kg heroin worth Rs 900 crore recovered from UP hideout of Shaheen Bagh drug bust accused
India Today
Gujarat ATS on Monday recovered more than 150 kg of heroin worth Rs 900 crore from the Muzaffarnagar hideout of Haider, who was caught in the Shaheen Bagh drug bust.
Gujarat Anti-Terrorism squad on Monday recovered more than 150 kg of heroin worth Rs 900 crore from the Muzaffarnagar hideout of Haider, the drug smuggler caught in the Shaheen Bagh drug bust.
Haider was caught by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Delhi Zonal Unit from a house in Shaheen Bagh on April 27. The NCB had seized about 50 kg of 'high-quality' heroin, 47 kg of other suspected drugs and Rs 30 lakh in cash. Besides the drugs and money, the NCB had also seized cash counting machines and other incriminating material during the raid.
Dnyaneshwar Singh, Deputy Director General, Northern Region, NCB, said, “We have arrested hawala trader Shamim from Laxmi Nagar. He was sending drug money to Shahid in Dubai. Till now, a total of 5 people have been arrested in this syndicate.”
Singh added, “The wires of this syndicate are connected to Dubai, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. The heroin recovered on the Attari border and Gujarat seems to be the same source, so our team will interrogate the arrested accused in Gujarat and the Attari border as well. The customs team has come to interrogate the accused whom we have caught.”
Out of the five arrested, two are Afghan nationals. All arrested are under NCB custody for further investigation in the case.
