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Narco-hawala racket busted, constable among five arrested
Hindustan Times Amritsar
|April 20, 2025
The Delhi Police have busted a cross-border narco-terror syndicate operating between Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, and arrested 10 people including its kingpin, an official said on Saturday.
NEW DELHI: The accused include the kingpin Shazia Peer, and Faheem Farooq, both Srinagar natives living in Delhi.
The others were identified as Javed, Parminder Singh, Deol, Salwinder, Varinder, Ravi Sher Singh, Manjinder Singh and Jashanpreet Singh, all natives of Punjab.
A total of 1.67 kg of Afghan-origin heroin has been recovered after multiple raids across various states. About 130 gm of a chemical substance, suspected to be drugs, has also been seized.
The official said five properties worth ₹10 crore have been identified for further financial probe in the case. Details have been sought from the financial intelligence unit to establish financial links among the drug peddlers.
A senior police officer said Faheem, who was nabbed on February 9, disclosed that he was an active member of the cartel and named Shazia, leading to her apprehension.
Shazia admitted to being a part of the drug smuggling network with associates in Afghanistan, US, UK and Punjab. She named Sohrab, Hafiz and Deol. Shazia also revealed that she used to distribute drugs in retail to customers through Javed. On the lead from her, Javed was nabbed.
This story is from the April 20, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Amritsar.
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