Nigerian man held with drugs worth Rs.56 lakh
MUMBAI, Dec. 19 -- A Nigerian man was arrested on Thursday after he had been absconding for over six months in a major drug case involving mephedrone (MD) worth Rs.5.6 crore. The police also seized amphetamine valued at Rs.56 lakh from his possession.
According to the Mira-Bhayander-Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police crime branch , the accused, identified as Henry Uchenna Uwakwe, had been on the run since May when police busted an illegal MD manufacturing unit operating from a residential flat in Pragati Nagar, Nalasopara. While a woman was arrested during that raid, her partner, Uwakwe, had managed to escape.
On Wednesday, police sub-inspector Mukesh Pawar received a tip-off that the accused was hiding in a guesthouse in the Kalamb-Rajodi area. A police team then rushed to the location and arrested him. The police recovered amphetamine worth nearly Rs.56.12 lakh and a fresh case has been registered against him under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act....
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