6 Nigerian ‘end recipients’ of heroin consignments from Pakistan arrested in New Delhi

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 18

Punjab Police has achieved a major break through today in its drive against drug trafficking with the arrest of six Delhi-based Nigerian ‘end recipients’ of heroin consignments transiting through Punjab by a joint party of the State Special Operations Cell, district Mohali and district Patiala. Mr. Rajinder Singh Sohal, DSP from district Mohali, Mr Gurdev Singh, DSP from district Patiala, Inspector Harvinderpal Singh and Inspector Balbir Singh of the SSOC, besides other police officials led the police teams in a systematically conducted intelligence-based operation supervised by Sh.Gaurav Yadav, IPS, Inspector General of Police, Counter Intelligence, Punjab who camped in New Delhi for two days to supervise the operations.
Disclosing this here today a spokesman of Punjab Police informed that the arrested Nigerian ‘end recipients’ have disclosed their names as Sydney Obinna, Uzochekwu Clement, Alogsis Ezechinelu, Mike, Victor and Peter. They were residing in a rented accommodation in Uttam Nagar, New Delhi from where they have been arrested on June 18, 2014 by the Punjab Police. The information provided by them was being verified and the concerned foreign embassy was being dully intimated about the arrests.
The spokesman said that investigations have revealed that the Delhi-based Nigerian ‘end recipients’ were in contact with Pakistan-based heroin smugglers Abid Ali, Ch. Sajabad and Bhola. Abid Ali and Sajabad had recently sent a consignment of 22 kg heroin which was seized by the SSOC in April 2014. Bhola’s courier Mohd. Ishfaq @ Malangi, a Pak national has 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 FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) and a MP-5 weapon.
He further said that investigations have further revealed that the arrested Nigerians ‘end-recipients’ were the kingpins of an international and inter-state drug distribution network with linkages and contacts in Nigeria, Brazil, Pakistan, South Africa, Canada, the United States (US), and, the Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. The functioning of a multi-laired international and inter-state drug distribution network controlled by the Delhi-based ‘end-recipients’ has been unveiled. These ‘end-recipients’ were obtaining heroin consignments from Pakistan through Punjab and J&K borders, and after transit through Punjab, the drugs were being received in New Delhi for pumping into the drug distribution network.
He said that the arrested persons were being brought to Amritsar for production before the concerned court to obtain their police remand in order to question them thoroughly, establish the linkages revealed, and, effect more arrests and seizures. Further investigations are ongoing.
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