An all-women police team busted a significant narcotics racket operational in South-West Delhi with the arrest of a 59-year-old drug dealer. It arguably happens to be the first such operation of its kind to have been executed in the Capital, the police claimed on Friday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-West) R.A. Sanjeev said accused Kamlesh alias Baby was involved in four cases earlier and had been convicted in three cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

He also added that Baby’s elder daughter Anuradha was also serving a prison sentence after conviction under the NDPS Act.

“This raid has shown a very professional combination of local intelligence development by field staff, planning and coordination at sub-division level and execution by an all-woman team,” Mr. Sanjeev said.

Baby, according to Mr. Sanjeev, was found to have been actively involved in the narcotics trade since 1999 when she had first been arrested and convicted.

According to the police, complaints were received regarding the sale of drugs by Baby and her family, following which this information was further developed and secret surveillance was also conducted. Early on June 26, the police said, secret information was received that a raid must be conducted immediately as there was the possibility of recovering a huge amount of drugs. Immediately, a team consisting of over 25 female police personnel was formed since the tip-off indicated the presence of several women in the house.

According to a senior police officer, an all-women team was chosen for the task also because of the possibility of false allegations being levelled against police personnel what with several precedents where Baby and her family had been able to wriggle their way out of criminal cases.

The police team raided the suspected hideout. According to the police, the team met with stiff resistance since there was a three-layered security system and iron gates in place there. “However, they succeeded in entering the house and nabbed Baby, her son Mandeep and her daughter, Pooja alias Kiran. The success of the raid has saved hundreds of people from drug abuse which was ruining many a youth in the area and was also the source of other heinous crimes like robbery and murder,” Mr. Sanjeev said.

The police seized 266 gram of smack, over 2 kg of ganja, packing material for small drug consignments and an estimated Rs.64,000. It is understood to have been proceeds from the sale of narcotics by the family, which were recovered from the premises raided by the police.





This raid has shown a very professional combination of local intelligence development by field staff, planning and coordination at sub-division level and execution by an all-woman team,” R.A. Sanjeev, deputy commissioner of police (southwest), said