New Delhi: The Delhi police have arrested three people from Khajuri Khas area for allegedly supplying psychotropic drug 'Tramadol' and recovered capsules worth over Rs 1.3 crore in the international market, officials said on Tuesday.
Tramadol, a painkiller pharma drug, has been declared a "psychotropic substance" by the Union government.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had last year said the drug was being internationally smuggled and had possible supply links to the global terror group ISIS.
The accused have been identified as Sunil (21), Ankit (30) - both residents of Ghaziabad and Vikki Kumar (21), a resident of Karawal Nagar in Delhi, they said.
"During a checking drive on the service road near Government Boys Senior Secondary School at Khajoori Khas on May 16, police nabbed two persons while they were trying to flee on their scooter," Atul Kumar Thakur, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast), said.
Police recovered a total of nine cartons containing 39,000 capsules of 'Tramadol', also known as fighter drug, he said.