Five Nigerians held in Bengaluru for peddling drugs
Bengaluru June 22 (IANS) Five Nigerians were arrested for peddling cocaine and crystal meth in the city police said on Thursday.
A city Crime Branch team raided their rented house in the north-east suburb on Tuesday night and seized 6.4 gm cocaine and 0.8 gm crystal meth valued at Rs 2.5 lakh said city s Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) S. Ravi in a statement here.
The accused are Ikpendu Peter Ofors 32; Chinedueze 32; Fidelis Ezeh 36; Nonso Joachin 33 and Valentine Chinedu 28.
As many as 14 mobile phones three fake passports one portable weighing machine and three two-wheelers were seized from their Ramamurthy Nagar house.
A case has been registered against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Foreigners Act.
A local court on Thursday remanded them in 14-day judicial custody.
--IANS
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