Hyderabad: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Prohibition and Excise department is seeking police custody of Nigerian national Alex Victor, who was arrested on August 1 at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad while smuggling cocaine from Mumbai.
The STF seized 10 grams of cocaine from his possession, which is considered as commercial quantity under the NDPS Act. The STF produced him before a court for judicial remand.
An official from the STF said that more information was needed from Victor. “He was staying in Mumbai on a business visa and tried to supply cocaine to Hyderabad. Based on credible information, we nabbed him but did not get much information from him. He simply avoided our questions by saying ‘no’ and ‘I don't know’. He did not tell us about his visit to Hyderabad. He just tried to confuse us and acted like he doesn’t know much English,” the official said.
The STF suspects that there is a large network behind Victor and wants the password to his mobile phone, which was seized.
