Two Afghan nationals were arrested here allegedly with 740 grams heroin worth about Rs 1.75 crore, police said today.
Obaidullah (50) and Saeyed Abdullah (22), both hailing from Kandahar, allegedly came to deliver heroin to Nigerians and were arrested from Mukherjee Nagar on Thursday.
"Obaidullah runs a tailoring shop in Kandahar. As he could not earn sufficient money by his profession, he started supplying of contrabands.
"He came to India on June 25 for supplying heroin to a Nigerian. He used to stay in a guest house at Ballimaran," P Karunakaran, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-West), said.
Abdullah is un-employed and came to India on June 23 for supplying herion to a Nigerian and Obaidullah joined him, he added.
