Delhi Police arrested drug dealers

New Delhi, May 18: The Delhi Police have arrested two persons for allegedly supplying drugs and seized 22.5 kg of Ephedrine drug here on Thursday.

Police said that, Ephedrine, a party drug, is mostly manufactured in the northeast and brought to Delhi, from where it is supplied to other parts of the country and abroad.

The average cost of such a large quantity about Rs 22 crore in the international market, sources said.

The accused, identified as Ashok Kumar(45) and Lalmuankima alias Jimmi(29) residents of Delhi and Mizoram respectively, were arrested from Dwarka.

Police said Ashok had brought the consignment from Punjab's Zirakpur in a Maruti Esteem to deliver it to Jimmi, who had to hand it to a foreign national in Delhi.



DCP (special cell) Sanjeev Yadav said both the accused used to supply these tablets to youths, including college students in Delhi and other parts of NCR. Police said the tablets are also smuggled to Myanmar from Mizoram, where they are sold at exorbitant rates.

Ashok used to work for a pharmaceutical company in Delhi and used to supply drugs collected from pharmaceutical companies to various parties, police said. He used to travel to various parts of the country, including Delhi, Punjab, Mizoram and other northeastern states, for work.