Police in India have arrested a suspected Nigerian drug peddler, Ojengwa Emmanuel Osondu and seized 5 grams of cocaine worth Rs. 60,000 (over N10m) from his possession.
Osondu, 34, a Mumbai resident, was arrested by the sleuths of the Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing and Bahadurpura police on Wednesday, January 24, 2023, while he was selling a cocaine sample to city-based drug peddler Level Arjun in Bahadurpura.
He was previously arrested by the Goregaon police in December 2020 in an NDPS Act case.
Besides the contraband, the police seized his mobile phone. They are in the process of identifying Arjun and other peddlers and consumers, a press release issued by H-New DCP Gummi Chakravarthy stated.
#Nigerian national supplying #drugs caught by @hydcitypolice at Bahadurpura, #Hyderabad.#Cocaine was seized from him.#SayNoToDrugs @DeccanChronicle @oratorgreat pic.twitter.com/nVRTNLdk70
— Pinto Deepak (@PintodeepakD) January 25, 2023
