The Delhi Police Special Cell on Monday claimed to have arrested two drug traffickers and seized four kilograms of heroine and 10 kg opium with a combined worth of over ₹20 crore.
The consignments were being sent from Manipur packed inside a secret compartment in the trucks and were meant to be delivered to various parts of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab, said the police. They added that the arrested men have been identified as Sukhwinder Singh and Vinay Jain.
Repeat offender
While Singh is a truck driver, Jain is a repeat offender and has several cases of smuggling drugs against him in different States, said DCP (Special Cell) Sanjeev Yadav.
Singh was arrested in Delhi on September 22 after the police received a tip-off.
He purportedly revealed that earlier he used to work as carrier for one Karu from Madhya Pradesh. However, when Karu was arrested for drug peddling cases, Sing started working for Jain.
A search for Jain was then initiated and a raid was conducted at Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh from where he was arrested.
