Delhi

Nigerian held with heroin worth Rs 8 cr

Staff Reporter

Delhi Police Special Cell on Friday claimed to have arrested a 33-year-old Nigerian and recovered two kg high grade heroin worth Rs 8 crore in the international market.

DCP(Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said, “One Nigerian national Ezekiel Success Chinedu, alias Sunny, currently living at Guru Nanak Nagar in Sant Garh, Delhi was arrested following a tip-off that he would be supplying a big consignment of Heroin to drug dealers from Haryana near the Shani Mandir in Vikas Puri”

“During interrogation, he revealed that he came to India in April 2015 on 3 months’ tourist visa. His visa expired in July 2015, but he continued his stay in India illegally and started supplying drugs. After arriving in Delhi, he started staying with a fellow Nigerian Okaji Baju who lured him to work with him in drugs peddling,” police said.