Posing as customers, the police on Friday nabbed a 32-year-old Nigerian national who was allegedly selling cocaine through WhatsApp calls and messages. The police recovered 6.5 g of cocaine, worth ₹40,000, from him.
Initial investigations revealed that the accused, Achunike C. Nwafor, used to get cocaine consignment from his contact in Mumbai and alert his customers through WhatsApp. Based on a tip-off , the J.P. Nagar police, posing as clients contacted him, gained his trust and placed an order. “He asked us to collect ‘the stuff’ at a pub in the city, which he would visit frequently,” said a senior police officer.
A team of policemen in plainclothes caught him red-handed. His associate Syed Hafeez, 27, from Kalasipalya was also arrested.
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Achunike had allegedly forged travel documents, which he used to procure a SIM card. “Using the SIM card he communicated his contacts and clients only through WhatsApp to avoid police surveillance,” the officer added.
Man held with opium
The Konanakunte police arrested a 30-year-old on Friday and recovered 44 gm of opium from him. Lakshman Ram Patil, a native of Rajasthan, was caught while he was waiting for customers.
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Patil is said to have confessed to the police that he purchased the drugs from his contact in Rajasthan.
He has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and remanded in judicial custody.