Woman drug trafficker detained in Delhi, to be shifted to Chennai jail

Woman drug trafficker detained in Delhi, to be shifted to Chennai jail

New Delhi, Police have detained a 25-year-old drug trafficker, allegedly involved in several cases of narcotics trade, under the PIT-NDPS Act and she will be shifted to a prison in Chennai to dismantle her links with the local drug network, police said on Tuesday.

Woman drug trafficker detained in Delhi, to be shifted to Chennai jail

The accused, Haseena Khatoon alias Bajji, a resident of Zakir Nagar, is the second such person to be relocated outside Delhi under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

Khatoon had been lodged in judicial custody in Tihar Jail in connection with an earlier narcotics case registered by the crime branch.

Police said a proposal for her preventive detention was recently prepared by a team and forwarded to the competent authority under the Ministry of Finance.

"Acting on the recommendation, the detaining authority issued an order under the PITNDPS Act directing that Khatoon be detained and lodged in Central Prison in Puzhal in Chennai," the officer said.

Following the order, the team executed the detention warrant at Tihar Jail on April 11 after completing all legal formalities.

"Shifting the accused out of Delhi to a high-security prison in Chennai is aimed at dismantling her active links within the local drug network and preventing her from continuing operations or influencing associates from within jail," he added.

The officer further said that this is the second such case in which a habitual offender is being relocated outside Delhi under PITNDPS provisions to disrupt the narcotics supply chain.

According to the police, Khatoon has been involved in multiple cases under the NDPS Act since 2021 and is considered a key supplier in several drug networks operating in the national capital. She was earlier arrested in a case at Govindpuri police station and later again by the crime branch in a case involving the recovery of smack.

"Despite prior arrests, she continued her involvement in drug trafficking and was also named by other accused in a case registered at Hazrat Nizamuddin as a supplier of cannabis, allegedly operating in association with her husband," the officer said.

Police said her repeated involvement and continued engagement in the illicit drug trade necessitated preventive detention as ordinary legal provisions failed to deter her activities.

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