Large consignment of drugs recovered: Two arrested with opium worth 10 crores sold in Delhi-Punjab supplied from Myanmar – Two arrested with opium worth 10 crores sold in Delhi Punjab

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Drugs are coming to India on a large scale from Myanmar via Manipur. This came to light when the special cell of the Delhi Police arrested two drug peddlers who brought a consignment of opium to Delhi. The suspects, Ranveer Singh alias Tinku and Loyangamba, both residents of Manipur, are members of the international drug cartel Itocha. 50 kg of opium has been taken from their possession. The value of the recovered heroin in the international market is said to be around Rs 10 crore.

According to deputy commissioner of the special cell, Alok Kumar, the team had received information that an international drug ring is operating in Manipur, Assam, UP, Bihar, Punjab and Delhi. Members of this gang bring opium from Myanmar to Manipur and supply it in Delhi, NCR and Punjab and two drug peddlers from Manipur came to Delhi by car with a shipment of opium. Under the supervision of ACP Attar Singh, the team of Inspector Shiv Kumar and SI Rajesh Sharma besieged MB Road on 17 February and arrested two accused Ranveer Singh and Loyangamba of MB Road.

The recovered opium would be sold in Delhi and Punjab. He had made a special place in the Brezza car to hide the opium. During the interrogation, the suspects told that they had been smuggling opium for the past five years. These medicines were mostly supplied in Punjab, Delhi and UP by bringing them from Myanmar. Drugs used to come from Myanmar to the states of Manipur, Delhi, UP, Punjab, MP, Rajasthan and Bihar etc.