Delhi Police¡¯s Special Cell has cracked down on an international drug cartel and taken into custody two major members in possession 10kg of heroin, which fetches a price of about Rs 50 crore, according to a TNN report.?
The accused are Mohammad Samiul and Mohammad Mukhtar, who both hail from Darjeeling, West Bengal. They were caught after police were tipped off of them travelling to Nigambodh Ghat in North Delhi on June 22.?
Four mobile phones were seized from the duo, apart from the tempo, which was used to ferry the contraband.?
According to DCP Sanjeev Yadav, the growing demand of illicit drug trade in India is now dependent to a large extent on the newly emerged smuggling route, involving neighboring countries of Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The cartels are exploiting the topographic advantage of porous land borders with the Indian Territory.?
¡°It has been learnt that bulk consignments of illegal drugs, including opium, heroin and methamphetamine, sourced from the three countries are sent to border states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, West Bengal, Mizoram and Nagaland, through their respective common, porous land borders,¡± DCP Yadav explained.?
These drugs are thereafter trans-located through Siliguri and Malda in WB to other parts of the country, including West Uttar Pradesh, NCR, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab, he added.
Police have noticed a shift from the traditional routes of drug trafficking in India like the ¡®Golden Crescent¡¯, involving smuggling from Afghanistan via Pakistan into India and the ¡°Golden Triangle¡±, involving smuggling contraband from Thailand, Laos and Myanmar into porous land borders of North-Eastern states.