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Chandigarh Police arrest two drug peddlers who worked for a South African syndicate to peddle Heroin

The police seized 610.1gm heroin, worth around Rs two crore in the international market. The two were travelling in a Swift Dzire car and got arrested in a police trap

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New Delhi, January 21

The Chandigarh police arrested two members of a drug syndicate that operated from South Africa. The police seized Heroin from them worth international market value of Rs. two crores. 

The accused were identified as Poonam of Sector 40, Chandigarh and Sandeep Khatri of Narela, Delhi. 

The police had received an intel about their movement based on which a trap was laid to arrested them. The police seized 610.1gm heroin, worth around Rs two crore in the international market. The two were travelling in a Swift Dzire, which was also seized.

According to the police, both the accused have a historysheet of narcotic drugs trafficking. 

Poonam has been arrested in at least nine cases of drug peddling, thefts, snatching etc. She is among 46 women drug peddlers arrested by Chandigarh police in the last five years. Poonam is also among 11 women out of 46 multiple times for possessing drugs.

The officials said that Poonam was lodged in Model Burail jail in connection with a drug peddling case in 2017-18. She came in contact with another drug peddling suspect, Ola, who was also lodged in the same jail. When they were later released suspect Ola managed to move to South Africa and stayed in contact with Poonam through many Whatsapp numbers. 

He has been coordinating with his syndicate from South Africa and Poonam received the drug consignment on his behalf in Vikas Nagar area in Delhi. 

The police added that Poonam had trafficked cosignment of heroin from Delhi multiple times. 




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