Suspected Nigerian peddler arrested with drugs worth over N10m in India

A 30-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested in Mumbai by the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) with drugs worth over N10m.

The accused identified as Chikou Jerome Amen was nabbed when he had come to deliver the contraband substance on Thursday, May 20. A total of 150 grams of mephedrone (MD) worth 18 lakh was seized from him.

Acting on specific information, a team from Bandra unit of ANC laid a trap at KC Road in Bandra west on Thursday afternoon and apprehended Amen at the scene.

After the 150 grams of MD was recovered, the accused was booked under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) act.

He was produced before the court on Friday which sent him to police custody.