Nigerian national arrested, drugs worth Rs 2 cr seized

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Probing an interstate drug peddling racket has led to the arrest of a Nigerian national in the city. Following the arrest, the police claimed to have recovered 1.4 kg of MDMA powder worth Rs 2 crore from the accused.

The VV Puram police who arrested the accused identified him as John Egwata, who was staying at a rented house in RT Nagar in Bengaluru.

The police said that they had received credible information of the accused involved in drug peddling in the city. A team of cops who had been keeping an eye on his activities, caught John red-handed along with the drugs while he was waiting for his prospective customer in VV Puram Police Station limits.

However when the police went to John's house in RT Nagar, an accomplice of John, who saw the cops, smashed a window and scaled down the building using a water pipe in a bid to escape from the police.

The police raided the place and found more drugs hidden under an LPG Cylinder According to the police, John had arrived using a business visa and was overstaying in the city.

He has been booked under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Passport Act, while efforts are on to track down his accomplice who is currently on the run.

Further the police said that the accused used to procure drugs from his contacts in Maharashtra and Goa and would sell them to the youths and professionals in Bengaluru at a higher price. Efforts are on to ascertain his connection in the city, police said.