Kolkata: Kolkata Police Special Task Force has captured a drug dealer based in Kanksa-Durgapur belt with heroin worth Rs 26 Crore, one of the highest drug seizures made this year and the first since the second Covid wave reached its peak.
Defendant – Tapas Ray (36) – Arrested from Captain Bhery Area based on specific tips from around 12:10 a.m.
on Saturday.
He was finally arrested about six hours later following his question.
More than 5kg heroin found in possession.
At the time of arrest, Ray, initially from Dubrajpur in Birbhum, was found to drive Royal Enfield.
When he was initially detained, he even posed as a diligent motorcyclist who came to Kolkata on his way.
Sumber STF said the defendant brought medicines for several entrepreneurs in the city.
“It’s possible he might plan to smuggle this portion to neighboring countries through agents in Bongaon.
The rest will have a local buyer,” Claims the source of the police.
“We acted on information on credible sources and looked at Peddler Ray.
We also confiscated his Royal Enfield bicycle.
When looking for it, a large number of narcotics drugs – Heroin – recovering and confiscated from ownership.
The total weight of the heroin confiscated by more than five kg.
The value around Rs 25.9 Crore in the International Gray Market.
He has been sued under 5 (c) and 29 of the NDPS law, “said CP (STF) Solomon V Nesakumar.
This is the third largest seizure by Kolkata police lately, the first is a drug seizure worth RS 100 Crore in 2019.
Previously in March this year, STF has captured two people from Topsia and recovering the drug value of 7.1 kg 7.1 kg Rs 35 Crore.
The arrest, Sumber Sumber said, has established a city strongly at the heroin circuit in South Asia.
STF has made five major post-Pandemze – A 16-Crore Haul Rs in October, US 7-Crore Haul in September and Rs 17.5 Crore and Rs 22 Crore Hair in January.
Two more hauls – RS 25 crore spasms and another worth RS 35 Crore occurred in March earlier this year.
“While Kolkata has become the corridor for a long time, we are worried whether locking has helped the drug vendors to regulate themselves,” said an officer in Lalbazar.
The detective department’s narcotics cells investigates the presence of drugs in various party circles in the city and news about fresh arrests has been distributed to them.