New Delhi: The Delhi Police has seized a cache of heroin brought in from Myanmar having a face value of Rs 20 crore in the international market.
The police informed that the said heroin weighs 4 kg and was smuggled in through Manipur from Myanmar.
A team of Delhi Police’s Special Cell seized the suspected drugs that were smuggled to India from Myanmar via Manipur.
The police have also arrested a person in connection with the seizure.
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The person has been identified as Akhilesh Kumar Ray, accused of supplying drugs in Delhi and other places for the last 7 years.
The seizure was made based on specific information that a member of an international drug cartel was present in Delhi’s Ghazipur.
He was arrested near a mall in the area.
The gang is said to be active in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, and Assam.
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The accused told the police that he is part of the cartel and has been involved in supplying drugs in Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand.
He also informed that he is involved in procuring heroin with two other people.
He also claimed that a person in Manipur is also in connection with them and he has connections with a supplier in Myanmar.