African national held with 285 gm smack in Nuh

According to Tauru CIA in-charge Mahender Singh, Chijioke was nabbed from near the KMP bridge on Sohna road after the agency received a tip-off that Chijioke would come to the area to sell drugs

The police in Haryana’s Nuh have arrested an African national with 285 gm smack, officials said on Tuesday.

The accused has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and The Foreigners Act at the Sadar Tauru police station. (HT File)

Chijioke, a native of West Africa presently living in Delhi’s Vikaspuri, was arrested by a crime investigation agency (CIA) team while he was coming to sell drugs in the Nuh area on a scooter, police said, adding that the accused has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and The Foreigners Act at the Sadar Tauru police station.

According to Tauru CIA in-charge Mahender Singh, Chijioke was nabbed from near the KMP bridge on Sohna road after the agency received a tip-off that Chijioke would come to the area to sell drugs.

The CIA team also recovered a packet containing 285.42 gm of smack from his possession, Singh said.

“The accused did not have a valid passport. We are questioning him to find out how he got involved in drug trade,” Singh added.