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23/08/2016

Bengaluru: Nigerian Drug Peddler Arrested,Cocaine Worth 13 Lakhs Seized (Photo)

Bengaluru police arrested a Nigerian for selling
cocaine.
They recovered cocaine worth Rs 13 lakhs from
him.
His visa and passport expired in 2015, but he
never left.

The Bengaluru police arrested a Nigerian national
for allegedly indulging in drug peddling and
recovered cocaine worth Rs 13 lakhs from him.

ILLEGAL MIGRANT
According to the police, Adinife Raphael (37) of
Lagos in Nigeria came to India in 2010 and stayed
in Mumbai. After spending two years in Mumbai
and New Delhi, he settled down in Bengaluru in
2012. His visa and passport expired in 2015, but
he continued to stay illegally in the country.

Later, he joined a group of drug peddlers, who
procured the contraband material from suppliers in
Goa. It is alleged that Adinife would supply cocaine
to college students in east Bengaluru.

ARREST
The police, who received a tip-off on the activities
of Adinife, raided his home on Monday in the
Bagaluru police station limits.

The police found out that Adinife had destroyed his
passport. The police have registered a case against
him under the Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.


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