The Mumbai Central court on Saturday remanded two Nigerians, who were caught red-handed while smuggling a huge quantity of cocaine into the city, to police custody till April 13. Custody was granted after the Mumbai Central GRP, which had caught the duo, informed the court that the officials wanted to find out where the accused were heading with the consignment, as well as the source of the drugs.
The Mumbai Central court on Saturday remanded two Nigerians, who were caught red-handed while smuggling a huge quantity of cocaine into the city, to police custody till April 13. Custody was granted after the Mumbai Central GRP, which had caught the duo, informed the court that the officials wanted to find out where the accused were heading with the consignment, as well as the source of the drugs.
The duo has been identified as Ogugua Peter Onyekwelu, 34 and Arthur Ifeanyi Maduawuna, 29. Rajendra Tiwari, a senior inspector with the Mumbai Central GRP informed how the accused were nabbed, saying: "The men boarded the Rajdhani express from Delhi and alighted at Mumbai Central. Their body language seemed suspicious, so we interrogated them."
The inspector said that their suspicions were right as the accused were caught with 746 gms of Cocaine. "We first checked with their baggage, but found nothing there, but when we frisked them, we found packets of the drugs sealed in capsules, hidden in their undergarments," added Tiwari.
The cost of the seized drug is Rs46.4 lakh in the Indian market, while in the international market, it is Rs5 crore, he informed.
The inspector explained how the accused would carry the capsules if they were to travel by air and sell the stuff in the global market. "Usually, the procedure used by these smugglers is that they laminate the capsules and swallow them. Once egested, though the lamination rubs off, the capsules are intact. The drug can therefore be recovered," Tiwari said.
The police is yet to find out where the duo was heading with the consignment.
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