36-year-old Nigerian national, Nnamdi Augustine Samuel, has been arrested by the Mumbai Police Anti-Narcotics Cell with drugs worth over N18m.
Nnamdi was arrested under the NDPS act near Dockyard Road in Mumbai on Sunday, December 18, 2022.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Prakash Jadhav of the ANC, said while conducting a search, officials recovered 61gm of mephedrone and 154gm of methamphetamine, collectively valued over Rs 35 lakh.
Jadhav said that Nnamdi had been arrested in 2018 for his alleged role in an attack on police personnel.
According to him, Nnamdi came to India a few years ago and had been arrested along with seven other Nigerians with commercial quantities of contraband.
The Nigerian national was found with 56 grams MD and .38 bore revolver and a case was registered against him with Byculla police station. Jadhav added that investigation is ongoing.
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