Mumbai Apr 21 PTI A 35-year-old Nigerian national was arrested for alleged possession of mephedrone worth over Rs 112 crore in the western suburb of Malad here police said on Thursday Based on a tip-off Nigerian national Victor Ogbona alias Cyukvuneneyu was caught when he reached to deliver the contraband near Tipu Sultan Garden in Malwani area on Wednesday an official said The police recovered 750 gm of mephedrone valued at over Rs 112 crore from five plastic bags he said The accused has been arrested under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act the official added PTI ZA ARU ARU
Mumbai Mar 18 PTI A 35-year-old Nigerian national was arrested by Mumbai polices Anti Narcotics Cell ANC allegedly with mephedrone drugs worth Rs 14 lakh an official said on Friday Lucky Moses a prime supplier of contraband was held on Thursday from Kalina area of the city by the ANCs Ghatkopar unit he said In another operation the ANCs Bandra unit nabbed Samir Sheikh 28 Bilal Khan 22 and Akhtar Sheikh 30 allegedly with 346 bottles of cough syrup All four have been charged under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act he added PTI ZA BNM BNM BNM
Mumbai Dec 25 PTI A 47-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested allegedly with cocaine worth Rs 33 lakh in an operation carried out by the Mumbai Crime Branchs Anti Narcotics Cell an official said on Saturday Boyega Habib Abubaker was held by ANC officials of the Azad Maidan unit from Masjid Bunder area on Friday evening after he tried to flee seeing a police vehicle and a search netted 110 grams of cocaine he said He has been arrested under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act as well as the Foreigners Act he added PTI DC BNM BNM BNM
Mumbai Sep 29 PTI In separate operations the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB arrested two drug peddlers including a Nigerian national from the western suburbs of Mumbai and seized from them different banned drugs an official said on Wednesday The anti-drug agency seized 102 grams of heroin 64 grams of mephedrone MD and intermediate quantity of cocaine he said In the first operation the Mumbai zonal team of the NCB on Tuesday apprehended Kadar Majid Shaikh at Bandra west and seized 102 grams of heroin from him the official said A case under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act was registered against Shaikh In another operation on Wednesday at Oshiwara in Andheri west the agency arrested a Nigerian national and recovered from him 64 grams of MD and intermediate quantity of cocaine he said The accused was identified as Eze John He was chased for half a kilometre and nabbed near Vicino Mall in Oshiwara he said It has been observed that Nigerian drug peddlers live in high-profile areas of Mumbai such as Bandra and Andheri so that they can easily deliver the contraband to the customers easily he said PTI DC NP NP
Mumbai Sep 25 PTI A 60-year-old Nigerian national was arrested near Mumbai Central railway station allegedly with 130 grams of cocaine worth Rs 39 lakh in the illicit market an Anti Narcotics Cell official said on Saturday Chima Collins Ejiofor alias Musiliu currently living in New Delhi was caught on a tip off by officials of the ANCs Worli unit on Friday evening the official said adding that the accused had claimed he had procured the contraband from Kharghar in Navi Mumbai ANC Deputy Commissioner of Police Datta Nalawade said a probe was underway to find out the source of the cocaine and also other people involved in this peddling network Traffickers hailing from Nigeria have shifted base to Navi Mumbai and Thane areas like Kharghar Vashi Koparkhairane Panvel Ulwe Mira Road and Nalasopara from where they supply drugs to peddlers in the metropolis he said PTI DC BNM BNM BNM
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