The Nigerian man was arrested for trafficking heroin
It is the end of the road for a Nigerian man who was caught with heroin in India as authorities have charged him to court. A Nigerian man has been arrested and put on trial for allegedly
trafficking heroin in India. The Indian authorities have also begun the
hunt for another Nigerian simply known as Cheeku after he was named by
four persons nabbed with 70gm of heroin as their supplier.
Cheeku was said to be living in Delhi.
According to reports, the Bathinda police had arrested four Indian
nationals with the heroin. They claimed to have purchased the drugs from
Cheeku.
The main accused Ravi Verma, who is serving a 10-year jail term at
the Central Jail in an NDPS case, was out on parole. His parole period
would have ended on August 30, Rajinder Kumar added.
A case has been registered at the Kotwali police station against the five accused persons under the NDPS Act.
A team has been sent to Delhi to arrest Cheeku.
According to The Tribune, Bathinda police had also arrested two
other Nigerians in the past four months. It said one of those arrested
had come to the country for studying and the second for business.
Before this, the CIA-1 wing had arrested Amma Phoona Basil alias
Ojho, a Nigerian, on April 18 in case of 500 gm heroin recovery and
Franck Chris Bensal on June 9 and recovered 200 gm heroin. Both of them
were arrested from New Delhi.
SSP Naveen Singla said, “We will share the details with the
Delhi police and soon a joint operation will be launched after the
approval of senior officials.”
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