Delhi Police busts international drug cartel; 5 held with drugs worth Rs 5 crore

Jasmer Singh and his associates were smuggling opium and charas from Nepal under the pretext of tourism and textile trade. Read further on Dynamite News:

New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted an international drug trafficking syndicate with the arrest of five persons, including the alleged kingpin, and seized drugs worth approximately Rs 5 crore in the international market, an official said on Saturday.

The contraband, recovered in two separate operations carried out by Delhi Police Special Cell, was smuggled from Nepal and the northeastern states of India, he said, adding that the accused have been identified as Jasmer Singh (52), the alleged kingpin, Raj Kumar (47), Kala (50), Mohan Lal (45), and Sanjay Rawat (43).

"Jasmer Singh and his associates were smuggling opium and charas from Nepal under the pretext of tourism and textile trade. Meanwhile, Mohan Lal sourced heroin and opium from Manipur and transported it to Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, posing as a worker engaged in road construction projects," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Amit Kaushik said.