Delhi Police’s Crime Branch arrested three men in Dwarka and recovered 1.279 kg of charas, a cannabis resin, from them, officials said.[1] The arrests were made on 27 October near Gate No. 10, Yashobhoomi T-Point, on Dabri-Gurugram Marg in Sector 25.[1] Police identified them as Navdeep Goyat, alias Chotu, 31, Bunty, alias Banti, 34, and Sandeep, 30, all residents of Jind district in Haryana.[1] They also seized a white Tata Tiago car used to carry the contraband.[1] A Northern Range-II Crime Branch team was running an intelligence-based operation when it saw the three men standing by the car; when officers approached, the men got into the vehicle and the driver tried to start it, and the team intervened and apprehended all three.[2]
A search found 879 g of charas on Navdeep, 231 g on Bunty and 169 g on Sandeep, 1,279 g in all.[1] A case was registered at the Crime Branch police station under sections 20(b)(ii)(C) and 25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, India’s main drug law, and police said the investigation was continuing.[1]
Police said the men had bought the charas at Jari in Himachal Pradesh and were bringing it to Delhi for distribution and sale.[1] Navdeep told investigators he had been buying charas in Malana and Jari and selling it near tea stalls in Jind and Chandigarh, and police said he had resumed after his release from jail in June 2026 in another NDPS case.[1] Police said he is reported in 17 criminal cases, including three murders.[1] Bunty told investigators he had contacted Navdeep in October to buy and sell charas for money and brought in Sandeep, who joined for promised financial gain.[1] The Crime Branch said two of the men had admitted using charas and “sulfa”.[3] The operation was led by Inspector Pardeep Kumar under ACP Girish Kaushik, and police said they were working to trace the source of the charas and other people in the supply network.[1]
