Nigerian held with cocaine, heroin worth Rs60 lakh

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a Nigerian national in Dahisar on Thursday night on charges of possessing cocaine and heroin collectively worth Rs60 lakh.

The accused, Mohammed Wasiu Indowu alias Wasim, 42, had three Nigerian passports under different names, NCB officials said. While 15 grams of cocaine was recovered from him, a search of his residence at IC colony in Borivali yielded another 600 grams of heroin.

Indowu trafficked in cocaine that he brought into India from Nigeria while taking heroin procured here back to his country. He is also believed to be a supplier of cocaine for a high-end clientele in Mumbai.

Superintendent of the Mumbai zonal unit of NCB Ajit Patil told DNA, “Indowu was held in 1990 by the NCB following a seizure of 2.82 kg of heroin from him and imprisoned till 1997. The NCB arrested him again in 2005.”