The Delhi Police have arrested 4 individuals of a drug cartel working in Delhi and Nationwide Capital Area and seized Alprazolam tablets, a psychotropic drug, value Rs 1 crore, officers stated on Tuesday.
The Crime Department wing seized 2 lakh tablets, weighing 30 kilograms, from two areas – close to Sonia Vihar and a godown in Uttar Pradesh’s Loni.
Apoorva Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Department), stated the police arrested two males on November 28, based mostly on a tip-off from Anti-Narcotics Process Drive (ANTF) concerning a drug cargo.
“A staff beneath the supervision of ACP Anil Sharma and led by Inspector Praveen Rathi intercepted two bikes at 30 Ft Street close to Pushpanjali Property and arrested the 2 people – Laxman, 32, and Pankaj, 18, who have been discovered with 27 kilograms of Alprazolam hid in containers,” the officer stated.
DCP Gupta additional stated that based mostly on their closure, a further 2.4 kilogram of the banned drug was recovered from a godown in Uttar Pradesh’s Loni. The police arrested godown proprietor, Ankit Shukla, on December 16 from Beliya village in UP’s Gonda.
“Appearing on a subsequent tip-off, one other member of the group, Tanishq, 23, was arrested close to Karkarduma Metro Station in North East Delhi on December 28 and one other motorbike utilized by Shukla and Tanishq was recovered from Aligarh,” she added.
The officer stated that Shukla and Tanishq initially labored as a supply agent for the availability of generic medicines.
“Afterward, Shukla got here to know in regards to the provide of Alprazolam tablets from Tanishq they usually began supplying it in partnership throughout Delhi and NCR,” the officer stated.
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