Hyderabad, March 24 -- A Nigerian national has been arrested on Monday, March 24, for allegedly peddling drugs in the city. Police seized seven grams of cocaine and two mobile phones from the accused.

The accused has been identified as Ngwuchukwu Godwin Ifeanyi, 34, a native of Enugu State, Nigeria, who came to India in 2015 on a student visa to pursue a pharmacy course in Kakinada. However, after his visa expired in 2016, he remained in the country illegally and allegedly got involved in drug peddling.

According to reports, the accused started procuring cocaine from suppliers in Mumbai and Bengaluru before distributing it in Hyderabad. Police revealed that Ifeanyi had been arrested twice before in drug-related cases including once in M...