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This is an archive article published on January 6, 2024
Vigilant night patrolling: Cops nab Nigerian national with cocaine worth Rs 9 crore
Investigations have revealed that Ramos had come to India a few days ago by Ethiopian airline from Addis Ababa.
The police have seized 880 grams of high-quality cocaine worth Rs 9 crore. (Representational)
Setting an example of how alert and proactive policing can prevent and detect serious crimes, the Sakinaka police on Friday night, while carrying out a night patrol, caught an alleged Nigerian drug peddler and seized 880 grams of high-quality cocaine worth Rs 9 crore from him.
The interrogation of the foreigner led the police to arrest his associate and supplier, a 19-year-old Venezuelan national, who had smuggled the drugs into the country from Ethiopia by concealing them in his stomach. Both foreigners have been arrested on charges under Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, the police said on Saturday.
According to the police, Sakinaka police sub-inspectors Rajendra Nagar, Pankaj Pardeshi and their teams were carrying out night patrols when they spotted a man moving suspiciously. When the police asked him to stop, he got scared and tried to run away. But the police team caught him immediately. He was identified as Daniel Naaymek, 38, a Nigerian national.
“When he was searched, 88 plastic capsules were found in his possession. These capsules were stuffed with 880 grams of high quality cocaine. The seized drugs are estimated to be worth Rs 9 crore in the international market,” said Datta Nalawade, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 10.
Daniel’s interrogation led cops to a hotel in Sakinaka, from where the police arrested Joel Ramos, 19, a Venezuelan national.
Investigations have revealed that Ramos had come to India a few days ago by Ethiopian airline from Addis Ababa. He had concealed the said cocaine capsules in his stomach. After successfully smuggling it into India, he gave it to Daniel for further selling, Nalawade added.
Both the foreigners have been charged under relevant sections of the NDPS Act for smuggling and selling commercial quantities of cocaine and also for violation of the Foreigners Act.
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Police are scanning their mobile contact details and trying to trace their other associates, another officer said.
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