Two Nigerians have been arrested by India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drug cartel bust in different parts of the country.
The unnamed Nigerians are part of six persons who allegedly form part of an international drug smuggling syndicate.
In a press release on Friday, NCB said it seized Afghan heroin worth more than $4.2 million from the suspects, Asian News International (ANI) reports.
The Nigerians were arrested after an Afghan who was expecting heroin cargo in Delhi was nabbed.
The first Nigerian arrested was arrested in Vasant Kunj area and a search of his house led to the recovery of 6.02 kilograms of heroin.The second was arrested with 488 grams of heroin in the Uttam Nagar area.
“Sustained operation by Narcotics Control Bureau against drug menace with special emphasis on international drug syndicates has further achieved breakthrough resulting in busting an Afghan-Nigerian Heroin cartel which was being operated in New Delhi area,” the statement said.
The bureau said it acted on a tip-off from a reliable source that one Afghan national was coming to New Delhi from Kandahar, following which security was beefed up at the international airport.
“Further investigation in coordination with foreign authorities is being conducted to identify other persons involved in the illicit drug syndicate,” the statement added.
