The Delhi Zonal Unit of Narcotics Control Bureau arrested two foreign nationals for their alleged involvement in supplying drugs to young party goers attending rave parties in Delhi NCR area. Drugs worth Rs. 2 crore in the international market were seized, said NCB officials.
Officials have also claimed that instances of African drug traffickers living in Delhi on forged passports and visas were on the rise and they would soon launch a drive to deport such individuals.
Both the arrested men Martins Akurasi (36) and Ude Okpani Ukegbu (31) are from Nigeria but fake passports of other countries were seized from them, said NCB Zonal Director Rohit Sharma. A third accomplice, also a Nigerian, is on the run.
Mr. Sharma said the arrests were made on Thursday at Uttam Nagar here, and sleuths were following the activities of the international group the duo are a part of for several months.
House raided
“On Thursday we got a tip-off that three Nigerian nationals were running a drug racket from a house in Block A of Lakshmanpur area of Uttam Nagar. When we raided the house, we found 255 gm of heroin, 166 gms of amphetamine and 560 gms of methaqualone kept there and arrested Akurasi and Ukegbu. The drugs were estimated to be worth over Rs. 2 crore in the international market,” said Mr. Sharma.
Mr. Sharma said Akurasi had connections with a major Nigerian drug syndicate and had supplied drugs to several parts of the world.
Expired visa
“He had been in the drug business ever since coming to India in 2012. For the last four years, he has been frequently shuttling between Nigeria and India. He is married and has two children in his country.
“He was found in possession of a forged Ghana passport and a forged Indian visa,” said Mr. Sharma.
Ukegbu, too, held a second Zambian passport, the police said.
“His visa expired in 2013, the same year that he arrived here. He did not return and stayed on in India. There were forged visas too,” said Mr. Sharma.
