Three men including a constable from Jammu and Kashmir Police were arrested.
A narco-terrorism trail through which money obtained from narcotics business was used to fund banned terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahdeen has been busted by the Special Cell of Delhi Police. Three men have been arrested.
Khurshid Alam, a constable belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir Police, along with B. Ganesh and M Senthil, both residents Perambudur of Tamil Nadu, were arrested by the police team led by Inspectors Umesh Barthwal, Kailash Singh Bisht and Neeraj Kumar.
A total of 10 kg of high grade heroin, worth approximately Rs 35 Crores in the international contraband market, has allegedly been recovered from their possession.
"During interrogation, Alam has revealed that since January 2013, he has supplied around 70-80 kg Heroin in Delhi and NCR," Special Commissioner S N Shrivastava, said.
Investigations have revealed the kingpin of this syndicate to be a Kuwait based person named 'Ali', whose another trafficking module was busted by the Special Cell in the month of December. 47 kgs of heroin and 2 kgs of crack cocaine were recovered then and four people had been arrested.
'Ali' orchestrated the activities of this drug cartel over phone and the internet, police said. He coordinated with Pakistan based terrorist organization Hizbul Mujahideen members for channelling drug supplies into India, they added.
Alam also allegedly revealed that Fayyaz alias Tanveer alias Shamsher, an area commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, presently based in Abottabad, Pakistan, has been sending consignments of drugs through his conduits active in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Police said he has also revealed that a significant portion of the proceeds of this trade gets remitted to the Fayyaz for furthering the activities of his terrorist organization.
"Fayyaz is a known cadre of Hizbul Mujahideen who was active in Ganderbal area of Kashmir valley till 2006 and thereafter. He reportedly returned to Pakistan and has been since acting as a launch commander for terrorists who infiltrate into India to carry out terrorist strikes," Mr Shrivastava said.