A Nigerian national was nabbed by the UT Police from village Daria on alleged drug peddling charges on Wednesday. Cocaine worth Rs4 lakh was recovered from the accused that has been sent for police remand, said police sources.
On a tip off from a secret messenger, the Chandigarh Police set up a special check post near Pepsi turn at village Daria in the morning and arrested 34-year-old Samson Ogana, while he arrived at the spot from the Hallo Majra side and 5 gram cocaine worth Rs4 lakh was recovered from him.
Samson during the initial investigations has confessed that he bought the cocaine from Delhi and was going to deliver it to one of his client in Panchkula.
Samson had been living at Phase-7, Mohali with his friend in a rented accommodation for the past few days.
“Police on Wednesday produced Samson in the district court where he was sent for police remand of four days,” added Om Prakash.
Chandigarh Police in the past 30 days has registered 15 cases under various sections of NDPS Act, in which police have arrested many people for smuggling drugs and other contrabands in the region.
In most of the cases, the accused admitted that they bought drugs from Delhi and they were arrested while they were going to deliver it to their clients.
However till date police has been unable to identify the source of the consignment of drugs.