Two persons from Jammu and Kashmir and one from Tamil Nadu have been arrested here for allegedly being part of an international drug cartel, police said today.
The three persons, identified as Sajjat (40), Shafaat Hussain Shah (45) both residents of Baramulla (J&K) and Mohd Abdullah (23) a resident of Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police on February 8. Police has recovered 11 kg of heroin from them.
"The three persons are operatives of an international drug trafficking module which was busted on December 13 last year with the arrest of Mohd Dharick of Tamil Nadu and recovery of 10 kg of heroin. We have recovered a total of 21 kg heroin worth 75 crore from this gang so far," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav.
During interrogation, Dharick had told police that the heroin had been transported from Afghanistan to Jammu and Kashmir via Pakistan. This drug was being carried to Chennai from where it was to be transported to Sri Lanka and its final destination was Europe via Dubai (UAE).
Based on leads provided by him, a team of Crime Branch raided various places and arrested the trio.
"Sajjat revealed that he is a holder of border pass which is being used by him to enter Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. By using this pass, he went across the LOC and met his acquaintance Mohd Iqbal in Muzaffarabad, POK. Iqbal gave him the consignment of heroin which he brought back to Uri sector in J&K," said Yadav.
