Nigerian woman arrested in India with cocaine worth N41m

Indian constabulary person arrested a Nigerian woman, identified arsenic Imyunel Joy, aft allegedly recovering 57.18 grammes of cocaine worthy much than Rs29 lakh (about N40.99 million) from her possession successful Indore.

The Times of India reported that Joy, a Lagos nonmigratory who had been staying successful Mumbai’s Bandra East, was arrested on Saturday in the Sinhasa IT Park country during a constabulary surveillance operation.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Dishesh Agarwal, said officers deployed to show crowded areas during the Raksha Bandhan celebrations became suspicious aft they spotted Joy carrying a achromatic bag.

According to the police, officers stopped and questioned her astir her beingness successful the country but became suspicious erstwhile she allegedly failed to supply satisfactory answers.

A hunt of the container reportedly led to the find of a transparent integrative pouch containing cocaine. Police besides seized a mobile telephone from her.

The authorities subsequently registered a lawsuit against Joy astatine the Chandan Nagar constabulary presumption nether Sections 8 and 21 of India’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

During questioning, Joy allegedly told investigators that she had purchased the cocaine astatine a little terms and planned to merchantability it successful Indore astatine a high...