New Delhi, Aug 13, 2022, By NE Now News

New Delhi Aug 13:  The Delhi Police has seized a cache of heroin brought in from Myanmar having a face value of Rs 20 crore in the international market.

The police informed that the said heroin weighs 4 kg and was smuggled in through Manipur from Myanmar.

A team of Delhi Police’s Special Cell seized the suspected drugs that were smuggled to India from Myanmar via Manipur. 

The police have also arrested a person in connection with the seizure.

The person has been identified as Akhilesh Kumar Ray, accused of supplying drugs in Delhi and other places for the last 7 years.

The seizure was made based on specific information that a member of an international drug cartel was present in Delhi’s Ghazipur.

He was arrested near a mall in the area.

The gang is said to be active in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, and Assam.

The accused told the police that he is part of the cartel and has been involved in supplying drugs in Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand. 

He also informed that he is involved in procuring heroin with two other people.

He also claimed that a person in Manipur is also in connection with them and he has connections with a supplier in Myanmar.