Nigerian drug smuggler arrested by task force police in Hyderabad, 7 grams of cocaine seized

The city task force police have arrested a Nigerian drug peddler and seized seven grams of cocaine and two mobile phones from him. Based on credible information, the Commissioner Task Force, Central Zone team in collaboration with the Kachiguda police arrested Nigerian drug peddler Nguchukwu Godwin Ifeanyi (34), a resident of Kharghar, Mumbai, near D-Mart Road, Kachiguda on Sunday while he was waiting to deliver seven grams of cocaine to a customer.

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Came to India on student visa in 2015

A police statement said on Monday. According to the police, Godwin, a native of Nigeria's Enugu state, came to India on a student visa in 2015 and joined a pharmacy college in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. However, he continued to stay in India illegally even after his visa expired in 2016. Influenced by his Nigerian associates involved in drug trafficking, he started buying and selling cocaine. His modus operandi involved buying drugs from sources in Mumbai and Bengaluru, which were smuggled into India through various routes. He would then deliver them to customers in Hyderabad using online delivery networks and the dead-drop method, ensuring no direct contact between the peddler and the buyer.

Has been arrested twice

Godwin has been arrested twice earlier for drug-related offences – once by the Prohibition and Excise Station, Dhoolpet in May 2022 and then by the Hayatnagar police in January 2023. After securing bail, he moved to Mumbai to evade police surveillance and continued his operation from Kharghar in Mumbai. On Sunday, he reached Hyderabad with cocaine and was caught while trying to deliver the narcotics. After his arrest, he and the seized contraband were handed over to the Kachiguda police station for further legal proceedings, the statement said.