Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS)  has apprehended an Afghan national in Delhi with 460 grams of heroin. Mohammad Yasin, who had been residing illegally in India for two years, was involved in an international drug trafficking network. Previously, he was implicated in smuggling heroin from Oman to Veraval in Gujarat and distributing it in Delhi.

Gujarat ATS raided Yasin’s residence in Greater Noida, Delhi, where they seized 460 grams of heroin from his possession. Yasin is originally from Kabul, Afghanistan. He arrived in India in 2017 on a medical visa, later overstayed, and applied for refugee status.

Eight months ago, he purchased four kilograms of heroin from a Nigerian contact, intending to distribute it in smaller quantities before his apprehension. He sold some of the heroin in retail, and he still had 460 grams left, which was seized just before he could deliver it to someone.

The arrest stems from a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act offence on March 5, where Isha Hussain Rao, along with Pakistani Murtuja and others, smuggled heroin into Gujarat from Oman. They subsequently delivered the drugs to a Nigerian national in Delhi’s Tilak Nagar area. Gujarat ATS had filed charges against nine individuals involved, including Yasin, who was evading arrest until now. DeshGujarat