Proclaimed offender held with heroin; Rs 3 crore drug network busted in Delhi

Delhi Police have apprehended a proclaimed offender carrying a Rs 20,000 reward and seized 100 grams of heroin, an official said on Tuesday. Pushpa alias Binni, one of the key accused, allegedly procured heroin through her son-in-law Akshay, who sourced it from suppliers including Vijay, Kusum and Rahul alias Kaku, police said.

Delhi Police have apprehended a proclaimed offender carrying a Rs 20,000 reward and seized 100 grams of heroin, an official said on Tuesday. With this arrest, police busted a larger narcotics network, with total recoveries worth around Rs 3 crore in the international market. The accused, identified as Vijay (31), a resident of Karala, was allegedly a key supplier in a heroin distribution racket operating in the national capital. Police said the latest seizure of 100 grams of heroin comes in addition to an earlier recovery of 512 grams of smack and 94 pouches in January 2025, bringing the total recovery in the case to 612 grams. The case was registered under relevant sections of the NDPS Act, and investigations revealed a supply chain involving multiple accused. Pushpa alias Binni, one of the key accused, allegedly procured heroin through her son-in-law Akshay, who sourced it from suppliers including Vijay, Kusum and Rahul alias Kaku, police said. ''Vijay had been absconding and was declared a proclaimed offender. The police announced a reward of Rs 20,000 for his arrest,'' a senior police officer said. After receiving information on April 27 about Vijay's visit to the Naraina area in a car, the police laid a trap and apprehended him in Inderpuri. During the search, police recovered 100 grams of heroin from his car. Earlier in the investigation, another accused, Avtar Singh alias Ricky, was arrested. Police recovered Rs 5.10 lakh in cash and a motorcycle used for drug delivery. Police said Vijay sourced heroin from Bareilly and supplied it to local distributors, who further processed it into small pouches for sale to addicts. He had been changing hideouts to evade arrest.