Global drug racket busts:Rs 2,500 crore worth heroin seized

The Delhi Police seized the largest heroin haul ever when they discovered 354 kg of drugs worth more than Rs 2,500 crore at a house in Faridabad. The police said they have uncovered a massive international drug racket spread across Afghanistan, Europe and parts of India. Four people- three from Haryana and one from Delhi - have been arrested till now and the police are investigating a narco-terrorism angle in the case.This is one of the biggest consignment of drugs to ever be caught by the Special Cell and one of the largest drug syndicates to be exposed. The police are investigating an angle of narco-terrorism in the case. Interrogation of suspects is currently underway.

In a press conference on Saturday in New Delhi, Special Commissioner Neeraj Thakur of the Special Cell, Delhi Polce,  said the operation had been going on for months. The drugs had come from Afghanistan. They were transported from Mumbai to Delhi by sea in hidden containers. "The drugs were to be further processed at a factory near Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh. A house was rented in Faridabad to hide them. The link operator was sitting in Afghanistan," he said. The drugs were to be supplied in Punjab. More than 100 kg of chemicals used for the heroin were also seized by the police. 

The accused from Punjab said the mastermind behind the drug racket, Navpreet Singh, has been operating from Portugal."It was also found that some of the funds for the racket were coming from Pakistan... we can't rule this out and will investigate this angle as well,"  Thakur said. The drugs were sold in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir among other states.