In second big drug haul in a week, Delhi Police has seized 200 kilogram of cocaine worth Rs 2,000 crore from west Delhi, an official said on Thursday evening.
The Special Cell of the Delhi Police tracked the drug supplier through GPS and captured him in west Delhi's Ramesh Nagar.
The accused fled to London but the police managed to seize the drugs. It is part of the same syndicate where the Delhi Police seized Rs 5,600 of cocaine, previously.
The police have seized 762 kg of drugs, valuing over Rs 7,500 crore, in a week, biggest drug haul in the country.
Last week, Over 500 kg of cocaine were seized, which turned out to be the biggest drug bust in Delhi. Four men were arrested in connection with the drug bust after a raid in south Delhi.
Special Cell police arrested Jitendra Pal Singh, also known as Jassi, from the airport in Punjab's Amritsar as he was trying to flee to the United Kingdom, indicating a link between organised crime in that country and a pan-India network smuggling illegal drugs into this country.
According to the police, an international drugs smuggling syndicate is behind the massive cocaine consignment.
The police were alerted to Singh's attempted escape after issuing a Look-Out Circular (LOC) against him; he has been living in the UK as a permanent resident for the past 17 years.
The authorities believe this particular drug syndicate - which operates out of Delhi and Mumbai in India - also has links to Dubai.
The name of an Indian citizen - Virendra Basoya, who now lives in the West Asian country - has been flagged during Delhi Police's interrogation of suspects.
The latest drug bust Delhi follows the arrest of two Afghan nationals after 400 grams of heroin and 160 grams of cocaine from their possession in Delhi's Tilak Nagar area last Sunday.
The passenger was a national of the Federal Republic of Liberia, who arrived from Dubai to Delhi. He was arrested under the NDPS Act 1985.
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