NEW DELHI: Delhi Police, in collaboration with the Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TGNAB), has arrested ten alleged drug peddlers—including three foreign nationals—for operating a network that supplied narcotics to Telangana through courier services. Drugs worth Rs 12 crore were seized, officials said.
According to police, raids were carried out across multiple locations in Delhi and NCR to dismantle an international drug trafficking syndicate run primarily by African nationals and their local facilitators. During the operation, 30 foreign nationals overstaying illegally were detained for deportation.
Police said the cartel concealed narcotics inside the collars of shirts sent through courier services. The drugs were sourced from Delhi and transported to Telangana.
Acting on specific information from TGNAB about accused persons present at various locations in Delhi, teams zeroed in on several hideouts. Raids were conducted in Mehrauli, Sant Garh, Nilothi, Pratap Enclave, Greater Noida and Munirka.
“During a raid in the Mohan Garden area, a Ugandan national, Zainab Kyobutungi alias Pamela, 35, was arrested with 195 grams of cocaine, 24 grams of MDMA and Rs 40,500 in cash. A case was registered against him under sections of the NDPS Act,” officials said.
In another raid in Sant Nagar, Tilak Nagar, a Nigerian national, Bekki, 49, was arrested with 5,209 ecstasy pills, 35.46 grams of cocaine and `78,000 in cash. She allegedly revealed that she supplied drugs to another Nigerian national, Frank, who was later arrested from Chander Vihar with 60 MD pills.
During the multi-location raids, police found 30 foreign nationals—including 12 women— living in rented accommodations without valid documents. Eighteen men have been sent to the deportation facility, and the process for the 12 women is underway in coordination with the FRRO, a officer said.
Police added that the operation disrupted a well-established international cartel involved in smuggling cocaine, MDMA, heroin and ecstasy, using overstaying foreign nationals as carriers, renting local properties, procuring SIM cards through Indian facilitators to avoid detection, and laundering drug proceeds through local financial handlers.