Three Nigerians have been arrested in Thane metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India, for alleged unlawful possession of hard drugs.
POLITICS NIGERIA learned that the three accused – Obasi alias Mago Eugene Stanley, Praspar Okro Wachuku, and Sunday Boateng, were arrested on Saturday.
The Indian police seized 60gm of cocaine and 70gm of Mephedrone collectively worth Rs 27 lakh from the suspects.
Other items like mobiles, passports and visas were recovered from the suspects during the arrest.
“The three arrested accused planned to sell the narcotics but they were intercepted by the police and were arrested,” Vikas Ghodke, senior police inspector, Thane Crime Branch Unit-5 said.
“They have been booked under Sections 8 (C), 21 (B) and 29 of the NDPS Act.
“As during the Christmas and New Year the demands for the drugs rise and the reason the lawbreakers sell those drugs for the parties. We are investigating.”
