Mangaluru police arrest Nigerian in Bengaluru, seize Rs 6 crore worth MDMA

The raid followed the arrest of a drug peddler in Mangaluru last month. A police officer said, “On September 29, we arrested one person named Haider Ali, 51, a resident of Mangaluru, while he was selling MDMA at a hotel in the city. The police then managed to seize 15 gram of MDMA worth Rs 75,000. The CCB police interrogated Ali to know the source of the drugs, and then Peter’s name cropped up. Eventually, we raided the house of Peter who is suspected to have had a major role in a drug supply syndicate in south Indian states.”

A case of drug peddling was lodged against Belonwu at Vidyaranyapura police station in Bengaluru last year.

Over 600 unclaimed parcels containing drugs seized at Bengaluru post office

The Bengaluru CCB unit recently seized over 600 unclaimed parcels containing several narcotic drugs from the foreign post office in Chamarajpet. The parcels contained brown sugar, cocaine, MDMA, and ganja, among others.

According to the police, these parcels had been accumulating since 2018. Efforts to trace the consignees with the help of informants were unsuccessful.

On Tuesday, the CCB team along with sniffer dog Rana inspected the post office. Rana detected narcotics in 626 parcels. A senior officer noted, “We are still determining the exact quantity of drugs. Due to the variety, weighing will take four to five days.”

The drugs were likely purchased through the dark web using cryptocurrency. Consignees often use incorrect addresses and personally collect parcels. However, these remained unclaimed over the past six years, with an average of 100 parcels going uncollected annually, the police said.

The police team has documented the names on the parcels and is trying to track down the individuals involved. A case has been filed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.