Deputy
inspector general (Ludhiana range) Yurinder Singh Hayer said that
during the investigation of a previous case in which an accused,
Balvir Singh, was arrested with heroin, it was found that two
Nigerians, residing at Vikas Puri in New Delhi, are the suppliers of
the drugs.
A
team, headed by Dakha SHO Lakhur Singh, was sent to Delhi which
arrested the accused and brought them to Ludhiana.
During
their interrogation, the police recovered a packet conatining1kg
heroin buried at a deserted place near a brick kiln at Chowkiman and
another1-kg packet of the drug buried near railway platform in
Mullanpur. Police also recovered a Honda Civic car used by the
accused for smuggling.
Police
said Ikeweta, married to a woman from Manipur, has been living in
India for the past five years while Chukwudi has been in the country
for the past two and a half years. The accused have come on a
business visa and projected themselves as businessmen involved in
import and export of spare parts. Hayer said the accused supply drugs
in different states after bringing them from across the border.
“Heroin
is produced across the western border of Punjab (Pakistan) but we are
investigating as to which country they brought the drug from and who
are the other persons associated with them. We will nab the
mastermind soon,” he added.
A
case under Sections 21, 61 and 85 of the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered.
Ludhiana
DIG Yurinder Singh Hayer said New Delhi is the main operating center
for foreigners involved in the drug racket. He said recently some
peddlers were arrested in the district with drugs which they bought
from Nigerians in New Delhi.
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