One held with heroin worth Rs 20 crore

Tribune News Services

New Delhi, June 23

With the arrest of an accused, the Special Cell said it has busted an interstate drug syndicate.

The accused, who has been identified as Nand Kishor Joshi (31), a resident of Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, was a key player of the drug syndicate. He was arrested here on June 19.

The Special Cell had been working on information about a drug syndicate active in UP, MP, Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab and other states for the last three to four months

Around 5 kg of heroin worth Rs 20 crore in the international market has been seized from his possession.

The Special Cell received information that the accused had arrived in Delhi with a big consignment of heroin which was to be delivered to one of his contacts near Hanuman Mandir between 10 pm and 11 pm. 

A trap was laid near Hanuman Mandir, where Joshi arrived with a black coloured backpack. The police arrested him after he was identified by the informer.