African man held with ₹ 1 crore cocaine in Navi Mumbai
The Hindu
Police arrest African national in Navi Mumbai with ₹1.02 crore worth of cocaine, probing drug trafficking network.
“Police have arrested a 35-year-old African national after seizing cocaine valued at ₹1.02 crore from his possession in Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai township,” an official said on Wednesday (October 30, 2024).
Acting on a tip, the Navi Mumbai police's anti-human trafficking cell team on Monday (October 28, 2024) raided a flat at a housing society in the Ulve area.
“The team seized 412 grams of cocaine from the man, hailing from Guinea in West Africa, and arrested him,” the official from Panvel Town police station said.
“The man was booked under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act,” he said.
The police were probing from where the man procured the contraband and to whom the stock was to be sold.
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