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Police in India arrested two Nigerian nationals with drugs worth over N2m

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Police in India arrested two Nigerian nationals with drugs worth over N2m-TopNaija.ng

TopNaija reports that operatives of  The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Karnataka Police have arrested two Nigerian nationals for alleged drug peddling and recovered drugs worth ?5 lakh (N2,630,342.88) from them.

 

Two Nigerian nationals arrested in India with drugs worth over N2m

 

The accused identified as Augustine Okafor, 38, and Achunike Nwafor,36, were arrested in Rabindranath Tagore near Nagar Police Station area on Sunday, February 21, while waiting in a car for their clients.

 

Two Nigerian nationals arrested in India with drugs worth over N2m

 

“CCB of Karnataka arrested two Nigerian nationals for drug peddling in RT Nagar,” said Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) on Monday, February 22.

 

The officials recovered 20 grams of cocaine, 13 grams of ecstasy pills along with six mobile phones from them.

 

Two Nigerian nationals arrested in India with drugs worth over N2m

 

A case has been registered under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and Foreigners Act while further investigation is underway.

Two Nigerian nationals arrested in India with drugs worth over N2m

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