Delhi Police have arrested two individuals in east Delhi for drug trafficking, seizing a substantial amount of marijuana and smack, and disrupting a significant narcotics operation.
Two drug peddlers were arrested in east Delhi with over 21 kg of marijuana and 46 gram of smack worth about Rs 12 lakh, police said on Friday.
Firoz Khan (41) and Akbar (36), both residents of Ghaziabad, were arrested on the intervening night of March 11 and 12 near a bus stand in Khichripur following a tip-off, they said.
They were travelling on a scooter to deliver a consignment of narcotics in the area, the police said.
During interrogation, Firoz Khan allegedly disclosed that he had earlier been arrested multiple times in cases related to drug trafficking and was also booked under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters Act in Noida for supplying ganja, they said.
A case has been registered under sections of the NDPS Act and further investigation is underway to identify the forward and backward linkages of the drug supply network.
The scooter used for transporting the narcotics has also been seized, the police added.