Cocaine worth ₹2,000 crore seized in biggest drug raid in Delhi | Latest News India

Officials suspect it was an international drug syndicate run by Afghan nationals in New Delhi.

The drug raid comes just days after two more Afghan nationals were arrested for allegedly running a syndicate. The two were caught during a raid in Tilak Nagar on Saturday. Police recovered 400 grams of heroin and 160 grams of cocaine from the possession of the two accused, Hashimi Mohammad Waris and Abdul Nayib.

Waris has been living in India with refugee status since January 2020. His family lives in Afghanistan. After arriving in India, he worked as an assistant in a pharmacy in Vikaspuri. He got into the drug business when his friend contacted him and asked him to collect the consignments from various people in Delhi and NCR. He would pass them on to the recipients. He used to get $100 for each delivery, police said.

According to police, Nayib is also an Afghan citizen and came to India in January 2020 along with his father. He is a registered refugee. His entire family except his father lives in Afghanistan. Nayib met Waris at a pharmacy in Vikaspuri.

According to police, Waris lured Nayib into the drug business under the pretext of a lavish lifestyle.

Drugs from Manipur hero

Earlier this year, Delhi Police's special cell caught four men who were transporting drugs to Delhi from violence-hit areas in Manipur and four other states and selling them to clubs in south Delhi. Police said the accused used Kia Seltos and Mahindra Thar as a vehicle to smuggle high grade opium and heroin worth crores. They posed as senior officials of construction companies working on road construction projects in Imphal and managed to loot huge quantities of drugs from local residents.