AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested an Afghan national from Delhi with 8 kilogram of heroin worth Rs 56 crore in the international market, officials said on Friday.
Preliminary investigation has revealed the accused, Hakmatullah, a citizen of Afghanistan currently living in the Lajpat Nagar area of the national capital, was part of a drug cartel who had planned to smuggle 50 kg heroin worth Rs 350 crore into India via Gujarat through the sea route from Pakistan, they said.