The Nigerian national who swallowed 12 pellets containing cocaine after he was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Mumbai, has purged the drugs at a hospital on Monday, January 18.
The accused
now identified as Ifeanyichukwu Pius was arrested from outside a prominent
five-star hotel in Mumbai's Juhu area based on a tip off received during the
interrogation of another suspect.
Ifeanyichukwu
swallowed the capsules containing 12gm cocaine he had kept in his mouth as NCB
officials started frisking him. He was rushed to the JJ hospital where a CT
scan and X-ray was conducted to confirm the presence of contraband.
Doctors at
the JJ Hospital initiated the process of purging the pellets without wasting
any time since the bursting of contraband could prove fatal for the Nigerian
national.
Officials
with the NCB had to stand guard for the five days it took doctors to retrieve
12 capsules or pellets containing a gram of cocaine each from Pius' body.
“This is the
first kind of case where a peddler is carrying drugs in his mouth and distributing
them," NCB Zonal Director, Sameer Wankhede, said in a statement on Monday,
January 18, after his discharge.
“He was
roaming around a five-star hotel at Juhu for the delivery of cocaine as per an
input received by us. When the NCB team approached the Nigerian national to nab
him with contraband, the peddler swallowed the cocaine pellets,” the statement
said.
"The
said cocaine was concealed in plastic pellets weighing approximately 1 gram
each. The team immediately nabbed the peddler and took him for X-ray and CT
Scan at Sir JJ Hospital. The medical examination confirmed the existence of
such pallets in his abdominal area. Immediately, he was placed under medical
supervision and he subsequently purged 12 capsule/pallets. He was discharged
from the hospital on Monday."
"Further
investigation is in progress to identify other associates and suppliers of
Pius." the statement added.
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