Some Nigerian men have landed themselves in hot soup and might be serving some long term sentence in prison after they were apprehended in India with hundreds of grams of heroin.
The arrested Nigerian with Indian security officials
As part of the special campaign, to check drug trafficking and such misdemeanours, Khanna Police, Ludhiana district of Punjab, India has nabbed four Nigerian nationals in the last few weeks.
The latest suspect identified as Traurare Yakubu was arrested on Wednesday, August 21. Ub Inspector Davinder Singh along with a police party stopped the suspect, frisked him and found drugs in his possession.
The police recovered from him 100 grams heroin worth Rs one crore and also confiscated seven grams of cocaine. He was arrested immediately. An FIR No. 196, 21.08.18 U/S 21/61/85 NDPS Act has been registered against the accused.
Police also arrested two Nigerian men and recovered 100 gms of heroin from them at Rara Sahib PS Payal. An FIR No. 111/18 U/S 21 NDPS Act PS Payal has been lodged against them.
Continuing the drive against Drug Smuggling, Khanna Police achieved a major success, arrested a Nigerian man and recovered 400 gms heroin from his possession.
In this regard, a case FIR has been registered under NDPS Act PS Machiwarra Sahib. Further investigation is on in this case.
Khanna Police under Senior Superintendent of Police, Dhruv Dahiya started a special campaign against drug trafficking and it is proving to be a success.
Almost everyday the cops are able to nab drug traffickers.