India, Aug. 15 -- The Delhi Police has busted an alleged Indo-Nepal narcotics-trafficking network and arrested four Nepalese nationals, recovering 106.250 kg of high-quality charas worth around Rs 109 crore, police said. The Special Staff launched the operation following an intelligence input about a network allegedly involved in procuring, transporting, storing and selling charas across Delhi-NCR. The latest action followed a raid on August 12 at a suspected storage facility in Wazirabad, where police recovered 97.652 kg of charas packed in 13 plastic packets, along with a mixing machine and packing material. Police arrested 32-year-old Roshni Magar, who allegedly facilitated the large-scale storage of charas in Delhi.
According to police, Magar had returned to Nepal after three other accused were arrested, but came back to Delhi recently, believing that the investigation had not focused on her. The anti-drug squad had earlier arrested Bharat Thapa, 32, Govind Budha, 32, and Jyoti Pun Magar, 50, on June 29 following intelligence inputs about Nepalese nationals allegedly involved in smuggling charas into Delhi. Police recovered 8.598 kg of charas from them and registered an FIR under Sections 20, 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act at Kotla Mubarakpur police station. Questioning and technical surveillance subsequently led investigators to Roshni and helped uncover the wider supply chain. Police also identified two Nepalese nationals, Binmaya and Hari, whose alleged roles are being investigated.
Police said the accused sourced charas through a Nepal-based network operating across the Indo-Nepal Sonauli border. The consignments were allegedly transported to Delhi by road to evade detection. Deals were arranged through social media, with payments made in cash and through electronic transfers. Deliveries were allegedly made using autorickshaws and bike taxis, with Wazirabad and Majnu ka Tila emerging as key local demand centres. Shah warns drug traffickers Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government was tracking drug traffickers hiding abroad and dismantling their networks. He cited the Narcotics Control Bureau's securing of fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya's return from the UAE as another milestone in the government's zero-tolerance approach to narcotics. Further investigation is underway to trace Nepal-based suppliers, follow the financial trail and identify local distributors.
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