New Delhi, February 25 The Delhi Police have seized over 1 kg of heroin worth approximately Rs 6 crore and arrested a 23-year-old suspected drug peddler, who comes from a family alleged to be involved in narcotics trafficking, an official said on Wednesday.
The police said the accused belongs to a family with alleged persistent involvement in the drug trade in the trans-Yamuna area. His mother has been involved in multiple cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and is currently under house arrest (externed) from Delhi, his father was previously booked under the NDPS Act, and his elder brother is currently in judicial custody in a similar case.
The accused, identified as Imran alias Sher Khan, a resident of Dilshad Garden, was arrested on February 20, the police said.
Around 3:50 pm, a police unit in the Dilshad Garden area spotted a man riding a scooter who allegedly became nervous when he saw the police and tried to flee. He was chased and arrested, the police said.
During the search, a heavy polythene bag hanging from the scooter's handle was found containing two packets of brown and cream-coloured powder. The substance was confirmed to be heroin after testing with a field-testing kit.
The police said the packets weighed 282 grams and 740 grams respectively, taking the total recovery to 1.022 kg – classified as a commercial quantity under the NDPS Act.
The contraband and the accused's scooter were seized, and a case under relevant sections of the NDPS Act was registered, they added.
During interrogation, the accused disclosed that he had procured the heroin from a supplier based in Raghuveer Nagar in Delhi and was on his way to deliver it to a receiver in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
The police said efforts are underway, in coordination with local police in Ghaziabad, to apprehend the source and the intended receiver.
The police have also recovered a five-gram gold chain, suspected to be proceeds of crime, and a mobile phone from his possession.