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Nigerian drug peddler held in Bengaluru

The police seized 9 gm of cocaine, four mobile phones and a two-wheeler from him.

BENGALURU: A 37-year-old Nigerian was arrested by the CCB police on charges of selling cocaine.

The accused, Kalu Okeh Ude, 37, from Ohafia in Nigeria, is a resident of K. Channasandra. The police said that he was arrested while selling cocaine near St. Francis Xavier Girls’s High School in Pulikeshinagar.

The police seized 9 gm of cocaine, four mobile phones and a two-wheeler from him. Investigations revealed that he had purchased cocaine paying '5,000 per gram from a man in Mumbai.

“He had come to India on a business visa that was valid only for two months in 2012. Though, the visa had expired, he was overstaying here,” the police said.

A case is registered under the NDPS Act in Pulikeshinagar police station in this regard.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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