NCB Busts India-Afghanistan Drug Syndicate, Seizes 50 kg Of Heroin From Delhi's Shaheen Bagh

The NCB also seized 47 kg of other suspected drugs and Rs 30 lakh in cash, the federal anti-narcotics agency said.

The drugs came to the country through an India-Afghanistan syndicate (Source: Getty Images)

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New Delhi: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an India-Afghanistan drug syndicate and seized about 50 kg of "high-quality" heroin from Shaheen Bagh area in Jamia Nagar in one of the biggest narcotics seizures in Delhi, PTI reported.

The NCB also seized 47 kg of other suspected drugs and Rs 30 lakh in cash, the federal anti-narcotics agency said. One person was also arrested during the NCB raid that was carried out on Wednesday.

"The drugs came to the country through an India-Afghanistan syndicate that has been busted. Further investigation is on," PTI quoted NCB Deputy Director General (operations) Sanjay Kumar Singh as saying.

The drugs were kept in backpacks and jute bags and were wrapped in packets of e-commerce major Flipkart and other companies. A senior officer said the "kingpin" of the syndicate is based in Dubai, PTI reported.

On Wednesday, the NCB and Gujarat ATS seized 35 kg of heroin after busting an Afghanistan-India narcotics smuggling ring operating from Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district.

In a statement, the NCB said a tip-off about the syndicate was shared by the Gujarat anti-terrorist squad following which the two agencies intercepted two Muzaffarnagar residents in Delhi and about 1 kg heroin was recovered from their vehicle.

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Following this, a cache of 34 kg of heroin and 2.75 kg of acetic anhydride (a chemical used to manufacture drugs) was recovered from a  store house in Muzaffarnagar.

"They have been smuggling goods to India through maritime and land border route wherein heroin was concealed. The narcotics was later extracted from those goods by the Indian counterparts with the help of Afghan mules in the Muzaffarnagar store house," a statement by NCB said.

(With inputs from PTI)