Man held with heroin worth Rs.1.5 crore

A drug peddler has been arrested here with heroin valued at Rs.1.5 crore, police said Thursday.

Ishwar Lal, 22, was arrested from east Delhi's Patparganj area Tuesday, when he had gone there to meet one of his clients to supply drugs.

"About 1.1 kg of fine quality heroin worth Rs.1.5 crore in the international market was recovered from him," Additional Commissioner of Police Ravindra Yadav said.

Police received a tip-off that a man would deliver a consignment of heroin to one of his contacts near Patparganj, he said.

During the interrogation, Ishwar Lal revealed that the urge to earn easy money lured him into the drugs business.

 

A case has been registered, police said.