Goa and Uttar Pradesh Police Arrest Bahraich Supplier in Cross‑Border Heroin Network
Digital surveillance and financial tracking traced heroin consignments from Nepal through Rupaidiha into Goa, signaling a wider interstate dismantling effort.
Overview
- A raid near Betim jetty on May 20 led Goa Crime Branch to seize 39.88 grams of heroin and arrest two Nepali nationals, which launched a probe into a wider supply chain.
- Questioning of the detained men and a follow-up arrest of a third Nepali suspect linked the case to orders placed with a supplier in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.
- Technical surveillance and analysis of mobile and banking records identified Ekhlaq (Akhlaq) Ahmad, alias Manna Malik, as the alleged main supplier.
- Goa Police and the Uttar Pradesh STF arrested Ahmad in Bahraich and transported him to Goa as part of a joint operation that police say exposed parcel and bus-route smuggling via Rupaidiha.
- Investigators are tracing past consignments, mapping financial flows, seeking other members of the syndicate, and assessing how the disruption may reduce supplies to Goa while prompting wider interstate probes.