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Police busts drug gang, 3 arrested

With the arrest of 3 persons, the Delhi police claimed to have busted an inter-state drug gang.

With the arrest of 3 persons, the Delhi police claimed to have busted an inter-state drug gang. Among the accused is a servicing Army personnel currently posted in Amritsar and son of an ex-sub inspector of Delhi police. Police have seized over 75 kg marijuana from their possession. They were arrested in sector-14, Dwarka in Southwest Delhi, police said Friday.

The accused were identified as Babuji Sahu (43), Jitender Yadav (22) and Narender Kumar (27) who were arrested by a crime branch team near a bus stand in Dwarka on Tuesday, Ravindra Yadav, joint commissioner of police (crime branch) said.

Jitender is son of an ex-sub inspector of Delhi police, the officer said. Sahu had joined the Army as a sepoy in 1992 and was promoted to the rank of HMT gun fitter and is presently posted in Amritsar.

“He hails from Odisha and used to smuggle ganja from there by hiding it in his luggage while travelling to Delhi by train. After delivery of the ganja, he used to travel back to his place by flight,” the officer said. Narender Kumar is a school dropout from Muradabad, U.P. After suffering huge losses in his auto-parts business, he happened to meet Jitender Yadav in Delhi and got involved in the crime.

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