India, Oct. 23 -- Delhi Police has recovered over 8 kilograms of heroin worth crores and arrested seven people, who were allegedly part of a drug trafficking racket operating in Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, an officer said on Thursday.

Police seized the contraband during an operation that ran for about a month.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Shashank Jaiswal said the racket surfaced with the arrest of Prakash Kumar, 31, a resident of Jharkhand's Chatra district. Police said Kumar was allegedly involved in illegal cultivation of poppy on his agricultural land and supplied raw opium to other members of the gang.

Police said following a tip-off on September 16, they intercepted a car and arrested its 58-year-old oc...