4 arrested in Delhi drug bust; cocaine, MDMA worth Rs 1.1 crore seized
New Delhi (PTI): Police has busted a drug racket operating in Delhi and arrested four people, including two foreign nationals, with cocaine and MDMA valued around Rs 1.1 crore, an official said on Tuesday.
Police said they were part of an organised network that procured drugs from foreign sources and distributed them through local peddlers.
Mohammad Hasan and Razia, both residents of Delhi, and two African nationals -- Diouf Solomon alias Oskar, a resident of Senegal and Bemah, a native of Liberia, have been arrested.
According to the police, the arrests were made following an operation based on tip-off regarding the supply of psychotropic substances in the area.
"The operation began on March 25 when police received information that Hasan was involved in supplying MDMA and would be arriving near Chitra Vihar jhuggi in Preet Vihar. Following a tip-off, a trap was laid and Hasan (23) was apprehended while he was on a scooter," the officer said.
During his search, 7.58 grams of MDMA was recovered, following which a case was registered. During interrogation, Hasan disclosed that he sourced the drugs from a foreign national identified as Oskar (27), who supplied narcotics at various locations along the Outer Ring Road.
Acting on this lead, the police team conducted further surveillance and laid another trap on the intervening night of March 27 and 28 near Sriniwaspuri.
Oskar was apprehended while transporting drugs on a scooter bearing a fake number plate, which was later found to be stolen from Uttam Nagar area. A small quantity of MDMA was recovered from his possession.
However, he initially refused to cooperate with investigators and did not disclose details about his associates or place of stay. Subsequently, using surveillance and CCTV analysis, police traced his residence in East of Kailash. A raid conducted at the premises led to the arrest of his associate Bemah (30), police said.
During the search, the police recovered 120.18 grams of cocaine and additional quantities of MDMA, along with weighing machines, packaging material, an electronic sealing machine, six mobile phones, two passports and cash.
"Further investigation revealed that Hasan used to supply the drugs to Razia, who would distribute them at higher prices in local markets. Based on this information, another raid was conducted at her residence in Mandawali, leading to her arrest and recovery of more MDMA and related materials," the officer said.
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Man slams four-year-old boy to ground and smashes head on iron rod, arrested; child critical
Palghar (PTI): An autorickshaw driver brutally assaulted a four-year-old boy by lifting him by his legs and slamming him to the ground before smashing his head on an iron rod following an argument with the minor's father in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place in a housing society at Vasai on Monday night, following which the accused was arrested, they said, adding that the critically-injured child is battling for life in a hospital.
The incident was captured on a CCTV camera.
"The brutal incident took place around 8 pm on Monday. A minor argument between the accused autorickshaw driver Sandeep Pawar and the child's father Atul Kondhare took a gruesome turn," senior police inspector Balkrishna Ghadigaonkar told PTI.
The boy, Vignesh, was playing with other children in a parked autorickshaw. The accused then walked up to the vehicle and pulled the child out by his legs. He then lifted the minor in the air and forcefully slammed him to the ground, he said.
"But the brutality did not stop there. Pawar then rushed inside the building while holding the child, and smashed his head against an iron rod before throwing him to the ground again. This was done solely to avenge a fight he had earlier with the boy's father over a minor issue," Ghadigaonkar added.
The child sustained critical head injuries and was rushed to a hospital in Mira Road. He has been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at the medical facility and is battling for life, he said.
Accused Pawar was later arrested and remanded in three days of police custody by a local court.
A case was registered against him under section 109 (1) (attempt to murder) and other sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, the police official said, adding that a probe into the incident is underway.
