New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- In a significant breakthrough in the fight against narcotics, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of Delhi Police's Crime Branch has dismantled an inter-state heroin trafficking syndicate operating in Delhi-NCR. Two suspects, including a woman alleged to be the kingpin, have been arrested, and 809 grams of high-grade heroin valued at approximately Rs 80 lakh in the international market have been seized.

Police also recovered Rs 3,300 in cash, believed to be proceeds of crime, and three mobile phones.

According to officials, the operation was part of the ongoing nationwide campaign against drugs, which the Delhi Police is intensifying through targeted raids and sustained surveillance. Acting on intelligence inputs,...