A Nigerian was arrested from west Delhi on the charge of peddling 260 gm heroin valued at Rs 26 lakh in the international market, police said on Sunday.
Justin, a resident of Lagos, was arrested on Friday night when he visited Dabri Road near Dada Dev Khel Parisar to supply the contraband to his contact. The contraband has been seized.
"Justin was arrested by Punjab Police in 2015 for drug trafficking. After coming out of jail in May 2017, he moved to Delhi and began supplying heroin. He had come on a business visa in 2011 and was exporting clothes to Nigeria from Ludhiana but suffered losses," Deputy Commissioner of Police G. Ram Gopal Naik said.
He later came in contact with persons who introduced him to drugs. He then allegedly began supplying narcotics to earn quick money.
Efforts are on to nab his accomplices, the officer added.
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