The Mumbai Police Special Squad in India on Thursday, December 3, busted a drug peddling syndicate and arrested three Nigerian nationals in the Malad and Royal Palm areas of the town.
The Nigerians
were found with 220 grammes of cocaine worth over Rs 22 lakhs ($29,833.32).
They were
arrested by the Special Squad of Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone XI along
with the Bangur Nagar police.
According to
an official, the police, while acting on a tip-off, laid a trap at Link Road in
Malad and first apprehended 38-year-old Uche James after he arrived to deliver
the contraband on Wednesday, December 2.
Upon search,
10.14-gramme cocaine was recovered from him. He was produced in court and
remanded in police custody till December 7.
Later, the
police team on Thursday, December 3, brought Uche to Royal Palms in Aarey
Colony Goregaon and based on information he had provided, a trap was laid to
arrest his accomplices.
Two other
Nigerians identified as Emeka Cyprian and Chukwu Joseph were arrested at the
spot. Two hundred ten grammes of cocaine were seized from both of them.
The police
recovered a total of over 200 grammes of cocaine were recovered from the trio,
who were booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act, the official added.
Officials
from the special squad said the arrest could lead them to other peddlers and
help bust the cocaine peddling ring being run in suburban Mumbai.
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