Nigerian among three arrested for drug peddling

Tribune News Service

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New Delhi, September 4

Three persons, including a Nigerian national, have been arrested and 5 kg of heroin, worth Rs 20 crore in the international market, seized from them, the police said.

The Special Cell had received inputs that Punjab-based drug dealers would be coming to the national Capital to receive heroin from Delhi-based African origin persons.

The police received information that two alleged drug dealers would be coming near Shiv Mandir in Hastsal, Uttam Nagar, to receive a consignment of heroin from an African origin dealer. A trap was laid where the Nigerian national and drug supplier, Dsitadimma Casmir Arinze (37), came and handed over two packets of heroin to Jaswant Singh, alias Sonu (30), and Charanjit Singh, alias Jeeta (27), said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Yadav.

The three were nabbed and 5 kg of heroin was seized from them, he said.

During a search Arinze's rented accommodation, the police seized a fake passport of Sierra Leone having multiple fake visa stickers of India. He used this passport for getting house on rent and rooms in hotels, the DCP said.

Arinze came into contact with a fellow Nigerian who asked him to supply drugs for quick money. He worked for Michael initially but later started supplying drugs independently.

For the past five years, the Nigerian national was supplying drugs independently in Delhi and Punjab.

He also used to send heroin consignments to England, France, Canada, South Africa, etc., through courier companies, said the officer.