Delhi Police arrests man for supplying drugs

A 28-year-old man was arrested from southeast Delhi for allegedly supplying drugs, police said Saturday.

The Narcotics squad nabbed Abhijit Mukherjee, a resident of Delhi, who was involved in drug peddling in New Friends Colony area, Taimoor Nagar, Khirjrabad village and Delhi/NCR, they said.

The police received information regarding the supply of heroin in the area.

"On Friday at around 8.3 pm, the team laid a trap near Ashoka Park, Khijradab Village. A suspicious person was seen and he tried to run away after seeing the police. However, he was later apprehended," said Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast)

Thirty-two grams of heroin was seized from his possession, he said.

During interrogation, he revealed that he is a school drop-out. In the early age, he came in contact with some drug-peddlers to earn quick money and he started supplying drugs for them, the DCP said.