Three individuals from Nigeria, among them a student and a software developer, have been detained by the Central Crime Branch in the Bengaluru region of India on suspicion of being involved in drug trafficking.
The individuals, Kevin Rozer, Kingsley Chukwuemeka, and Thomas Chime, were part of seven people arrested by the CCB’s Anti-Narcotics Unit on Friday during a significant operation targeting a drug ring active in the city.
As per a report from The Hindu on Monday, the CCB team dismantled the syndicate, confiscating significant amounts of drugs from the suspects.
“The report mentioned that officials detained a 30-year-old Nigerian man and confiscated 500 grams of hydro-ganja valued at ₹75 lakh,” the statement said.
The individual named Rozer, who is a software engineer employed by a technology company in Bengaluru, is accused of obtaining the drugs through connections in Delhi and Mumbai.
It was reported that he distributed the substances to customers using a drop-off location system.
The authorities mentioned that the defendant previously managed a WhatsApp group for distributing narcotics.
During a different operation, the police detained Chukwveneka and Chime in Hebbagodi, seizing 42 grams of ecstasy tablets and 3.8 kilograms of MDMA available in white and brown powder form.
As per the report, the police stated that the pair used to sell narcotics to their connections, who are students and IT professionals.
The report also indicated that they were “repeat offenders engaged in comparable cases in Gujarat and had previously been registered by the Narcotics Control Bureau.”
The report mentioned that the suspects entered India using medical visas but were reportedly staying beyond their permitted period.
This new situation follows a series of recent detentions of Nigerian citizens in India.
In August, three individuals from Nigeria were detained by the Kozhikode police in relation to a synthetic drug production facility discovered in Gurugram, Haryana.
The increasing frequency of these detentions has sparked worries within Nigerian diaspora groups, as there are continued accounts of negative treatment towards Nigerians in certain areas of India, Ghana, and South Africa.
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