NEW DELHI: Special cell of Delhi Police has apprehended notorious cannabis suppliers Vijay Rai, a resident of Begum Pur Delhi, aged 48 years and Atveer Singh, a resident of Budh Vihar, Delhi aged 36 years, and has recovered 535 Kg of high quality of cannabis along with the truck.
On July 19, a secret information was received that Atveer Singh has procured a huge consignment of drug (cannabis) from Odisha and is in the search of receivers. Later, this man was arrested from Shamshan Ghat Pusta, in the area of Geeta Colony, in an Eicher Car which was laden with cannabis for supplying to his associates. Twenty-one sacks filled with cannabis were found inside it.
The interrogation revealed that both the accused had been supplying cannabis for last 10 months. The Eicher vehicle was purchased by accused Atveer Singh aka Anil for this purpose. They used to procure cannabis from Behrampur Odisha and transport the same to Delhi and NCR, where it was sold at high rates to the receivers in Delhi and NCR. Atveer Singh earns a profit of Rs 1,000 per kg, on the sale of cannabis.
Forward and backward linkages of this network have been identified and efforts are on to nab them.