A family facade masked a deadly drug operation, shattered by Delhi Police near Bhopura Border. The Crime Branch’s elite Anti-Narcotics squad nabbed 1.504 kilograms of heroin—market worth 7.5 crore rupees—and arrested a husband-wife team along with their distributor Tuesday night.
Tipster intel pinpointed Arif from Bareilly as the courier supplying Ghaziabad and Delhi hotspots. Rekkie intensified around Bhopura, zeroing in on a WagonR taxi via tech surveillance and ground intel. Inspector Vikas Pannu’s team, guided by ACP Satendra Mohan, executed a flawless ambush.
The car from Ghaziabad was cornered; occupants Arif Khan (36) and Shikha Ali (30) taken into custody. Searches uncovered 303 grams on them and 1,007 grams in a backseat bag. Questioning exposed their ruse: nighttime ‘family drives’ for stealthy transport.
This led to Jummam (32), a JJ Colony resident in Bhalaswa Dairy, where 194 grams were seized. Total contraband: 1,504 grams. Arif’s descent began with post-pandemic unemployment, pivoting to taxis and Bareilly smugglers; Jummam prepped and supplied locally.
The operation severs a key link in Delhi-NCR’s narco-web. Deeper investigations into supply lines and interstate players are underway, with swift arrests on the horizon.