Nigerian held, 14 kg cannabis seized

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 22 

A Nigerian national was arrested from Anand Vihar Railway Station with 14-kg of Cannabis (gaanja), said the police on Thursday. 

The accused, Emeka Emmanuel (35), of Nigeria was arrested by GRP police of Anand Vihar Railway Station on Wednesday. The police said a taxi driver reported to the police on Wednesday that a foreigner, having two bags, hired his car for going to Mehrauli and said that some suspicious material may be kept in the bags.

The police team along with taxi driver Harender Pratap reached the spot and enquired the passenger and found cannabis packets from it, said DCP Dinesh Gupta. The Nigerian Embassy had been informed about his arrest, said the DCP.

He was produced in a Court that remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days. The investigation of the case was in progress, said the DCP.