The Special
Task Force (STF), Mohali, on Wednesday arrested two Nigerian nationals,
including a woman, with 50 grams of heroin, 50-gram cocaine and Rs 40,000 drug
money.
The accused
have been identified as Jude Justin and his partner Raaita, who were staying in
a rented accommodation in Sector 80 here.
Rajinder
Singh Sohal, SP, STF, Mohali unit, said the accused were arrested at a naka at
Mauli chowk in Sector 80. Besides contraband and drug money, the police also
recovered a weighing scale and 10 polythene packets from their possession.
The police said during
interrogation, the duo revealed that they procured narcotics from Delhi and
supplied them to customers and college students in Mohali.
STF sleuths said the
accused could not produce any valid visa, passport or supporting documents for
their stay in India.
An STF official said the
accused were ‘couriers’, who were paid for each delivery to supply drugs in
Chandigarh, Mohali and Kharar.
A case has been registered
against the accused under the NDPS Act, 1985, and the Foreigners Act, 1946, at
the STF police station in Phase IV.
The accused were produced
in court on Thursday and sent to police remand.
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