Kingpin of inter-state drug cartel arrested by Special Cell

The Delhi Police Special Cell arrested a notorious kingpin of a drug cartel of an inter-State Drug Racket namely Nazir Hussain alias Nizamuddin.

This 45-year-old miscreant, a resident of North-East India carried a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav stated that they got to know about Nizamuddin while they were investigating a case in which five drug traffickers and 69 kilograms of high-grade opium worth several crores in the International market was recovered from their possession.

"It was found that Nizamuddin is the kingpin of a drug cartel. He would collect opium and heroin from various small cultivators in North-East and supply them to various middle-men located in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi-NCR through his carriers using trucks and other heavy vehicles to avoid detection by law enforcing agencies," said Yadav.

He also stated that he was also declared Proclaimed Offender (PO) by the concerned Delhi Court as he evaded arrest when the police team went to Assam and neighbouring states in search of him.

After months of efforts, information was received that Nizamuddin would be reaching Delhi by train from Guwahati on April 14 and would be at Anand Vihar Railway Station in East Delhi.

Special Cell sleuths reached Ghaziabad Railway Station and boarded the train in which the accused was seated.

Following this, he was arrested after interrogation.

During interrogation, the accused disclosed that illegal farming of opium is rampant in the North-East states like Assam, Manipur, and Nagaland and they have become a major source of supply of opium and heroin to Punjab via UP and Delhi-NCR.

After a crackdown by Border Security Forces (BSF) on Pakistan Border, illegal smuggling of the drugs in Punjab had taken a nose dive and this route has now become a preferred one by drug traffickers, the accused revealed to the cops.

"He also stated that North-East States are now the biggest hub for supply of these drugs to rest of North India which are manufacturing them locally as well as smuggling from Myanmar," said the DCP.

Nizamuddin's middle-men were regular customers who used to place orders on phone and money used to be transferred both through banks and cash.

The accused disclosed that earlier he made several trips to UP and Delhi-NCR to supply opium to various middle-men.

This time he has come to make contact with his earlier arrested associates, who are lodged in Delhi jails.

Nizamuddin is a school dropout. He started as a mechanic of Maruti cars and also ran a garage at Dimapur (Nagaland) for several years.

After earning a reasonable amount from his garage, he purchased a second-hand truck for plying in goods transport from Dimapur to Western UP and Delhi and adjoining areas.