Punjab police today claimed to have busted an international and inter-state drug distribution network with the arrest of six Delhi-based Nigerian nationals who acted as "end recipients" of heroin consignments transiting through Punjab.
The arrested Nigerians have disclosed their names as Sydney Obinna, Uzochekwu Clement, Alogsis Ezechinelu, Mike, Victor and Peter, a spokesman of Punjab police said here.
"They were residing in a rented accommodation in Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, from where they were arrested by the Punjab police today. The information provided by them was being verified and the concerned foreign embassy was being intimated about the arrests," the spokesman said.
He further said that investigations have revealed that the Delhi-based Nigerian "end recipients" were in contact with "Pakistan-based heroin smugglers Abid Ali, Sajabad and Bhola".
"Abid Ali and Sajabad had recently sent a consignment of 22 kg of heroin which was seized by the SSOC in April 2014. Bhola's courier Mohd. Ishfaq alias Malangi, a Pakistan national, has already been arrested by the Punjab police and was currently lodged in the Amritsar jail in connection with seizure of 6 kg heroin, huge quantity of fake Indian currency notes and a weapon," he said.
