Narcotics ring busted, ₹1 Crore worth drugs seized

Police have arested a Nigerian national in whose possession the drugs were found

City police busted a narcotics ring in the city, arrested a Nigerian national and recovered ₹1 crore worth of drugs from him. Acting on a tip-off about a drug peddler, sleuths from the Anti Narcotics Wing of Central Crime Branch raided a rented accommodation in Kammanahalli on September 4 and recovered 500 grams of MDMA crystals and 400 MDMA Ecstasy tablets, worth about ₹1 crore, from the house. Police have arrested the Nigerian national in whose possession the drugs were found. Investigations have revealed that the accused has come to India on a tourist visa and was staying with another Nigerian national in Mumbai, both of them peddling drugs. Santa Cruz Police in Mumbai had booked both of them in a narcotics case earlier. Out on bail, the accused shifted to Bengaluru, rented a house in Kammanahalli and resumed peddling drugs in a new place under a different name, the probe has revealed. The accused continued to source narcotics from Mumbai, available at a cheaper cost, smuggled them to Bengaluru in toothpaste and cosmetic boxes via road, and was selling them to mainly students and techies in the city.