India, Feb. 20 -- The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested three people, including a husband and wife, for allegedly running an interstate heroin trafficking network from Uttar Pradesh to the national Capital. A total of 1.504 kilograms of heroin, valued at around 7.5 crore in the international market, has been seized from them.

The arrests were made by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Crime Branch after a targeted operation near the Bhopura border, which connects northeast Delhi with Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. Police identified the main accused as Arif Khan, who worked as a taxi driver, his wife Shikha Ali, 30, and their associate, Jumman, 31, a resident of Bhalswa Dairy in Delhi.

According to officials, the couple transp...