Delhi Police busted an interstate heroin supply and manufacturing network extending from Delhi and Haryana to Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, arresting seven accused and recovering 8.128 kg of heroin worth approximately ₹60 crore — yaani about ₹6,000 lakh — in the international market, IANS reported on October 22, citing police.
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The operation was conducted by the Special Staff of Rohini district under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, led by Inspector Sandeep Godara under the supervision of ACP (Operations) Ajmer Singh, police said. It also led to the seizure of 3.291 kg of chemicals and raw materials used in heroin manufacturing, ₹12.81 lakh in cash, three SUVs, a motorcycle and manufacturing equipment.
Mirror Now, reporting an earlier phase of the same operation on October 5, independently described the same chain: the Begumpur interception, the Sonipat arrest and the Lucknow manufacturing-unit raid. The October 22 IANS report updates the totals to seven arrests and 8.128 kg after three further arrests in Bareilly, Badaun and Jharkhand's Chatra district.
Source: Mirror Now
How police said the chain unfolded
Police said the operation began on September 16 in Sector 32, Begumpur, where Laxman Hooda, 58, of Rohtak, Haryana, was arrested with 300 grams of heroin and ₹3 lakh in cash. On September 17, Anil alias Bhola, 51, of Sonipat was arrested with 501 grams of heroin; police said he has been involved in 12 criminal cases, was previously arrested in a 2025 NDPS case at Bhalswa Dairy, and had been declared a proclaimed offender after failing to surrender on interim bail. These are police allegations.
On October 4, police said they reached an alleged heroin manufacturing facility in Sita Colony, Jankipuram, Lucknow, and arrested Bablu, 35, recovering 6.275 kg of freshly manufactured heroin, 2.504 kg of sodium, 787 grams of acetic anhydride and manufacturing equipment. Police said Ruksar Ali alias Raju, arrested from Bareilly, was the alleged owner and main source supplier of the facility and has previously been involved in three NDPS cases.
Police said Ajaj Ahmed, 38, was arrested in Bareilly on October 6 for allegedly supplying crude opium to Ruksar, with 501 grams of heroin and a motorcycle recovered; Mohammad Azhar, 20, of Badaun was arrested on October 16 for allegedly supplying heroin and crude opium to Ajaj, with 551 grams of heroin, ₹9,81,700 in cash and a car recovered; and Prakash Kumar, 31, was arrested on October 18 in Jharkhand's Chatra district for allegedly supplying raw opium and being involved in illegal opium poppy cultivation on his agricultural land. Further investigation is underway, police said.