Delhi Police Special Cell arrests head constable for stealing Rs 51 lakh cash, jewellery

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested Head Constable Khurshid for stealing approximately Rs 51 lakh in cash and valuable jewellery from their Maalkhana at Lodhi Road, while separately, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force apprehended a Nigerian national with 282 grams of cocaine in Tilak Nagar.The theft at the Special Cell's Maalkhana was discovered when Khurshid, who was recently transferred to East Delhi after being previously posted at the Maalkhana, escaped with the stolen items on Friday night.The Maalkhana in-charge quickly detected the theft, and authorities identified Khurshid through CCTV footage. The Special Cell team acted swiftly and arrested him on Saturday.In an unrelated case, the Delhi Police Crime Branch's Anti-Narcotics Task Force conducted a targeted operation in the Old Mahabir Nagar area of Tilak Nagar on Sunday, resulting in the arrest of David Leanne, a Nigerian national.The operation followed specific intelligence inputs and surveillance efforts led by ASI. The suspect was caught carrying a bag containing a yellow-colored powdery substance."The accused, David Leanne, was caught carrying a bag containing a yellow-coloured powdery substance. A field test conducted on-site by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team confirmed the substance to be cocaine, classified as a commercial quantity under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act," stated Deputy Commissioner of Police, ANTF (Crime Branch), Apoorva Gupta.The police have registered a case at the Crime Branch Police Station and are continuing their investigation into the cocaine seizure.The ANTF team's successful operation was the result of dedicated surveillance and intelligence gathering about a foreign national involved in cocaine distribution across the Delhi-NCR region.