New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) A Delhi Police constable posted with the traffic unit and his associate have been arrested for allegedly being part of a cartel involved in supplying narcotics in the national capital and its neighbouring cities, officials said on Friday.

They were arrested from near the Jaffrabad metro station by a team of the Delhi Police's Special Cell on Thursday, the officials said.

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The accused were caught supplying a kilogram of MDMA, worth around Rs 1 crore in the international market, in a luxury car, a police officer said and added that they are being interrogated.

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