Drug trafficking: 3 Nigerians held in India with ₦801m narcotics
The Police in Bengaluru, India fill arrested three Nigerian nationals and seized a safe amount of artificial narcotics and hydroponic hashish, estimated to be worth over Rs 4 crore (about N801,824,376.57 in the Nigeriaan foreign money).
The arrests had been made cessation to Kempegowda International Airport following intelligence-led surveillance.
Fixed with Bengaluru Rural Superintendent of Police, C.K. Baba, the suspects had entered India on clinical visas thru Delhi in December 2024 and later relocated to Bengaluru, where they had been allegedly working.
“Essentially primarily based on credible intelligence and surveillance of suspect movements, our team identified suspicious job provocative the proceed of out of the country nationals,” Baba told journalists on Monday.
A search performed at their blueprint in the Rajanukunte space led to the recovery of two.8 kilograms of MDMA crystals, on the realm of 400 kilograms of hydro ganja, over Rs 2 lakh in cash, seven cell telephones, packaging materials, and a weighing machine.
Police stated the treatment had been hid in cardboard sheets customarily historic for packing clothes and transported discreetly.
The three suspects had been booked below connected sections of the Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Authorities also confirmed that the other folks had overstayed their visas.
“The investigation is ongoing to tag the broader network and present chain. There looks to be a increased network in the again of this operation. Our team will probe extra to build the availability of the treatment, the modus operandi, and supposed supply locations,” Baba added.
