India News | 2 Nigerian Nationals Arrested for Drug Smuggling in Jaipur
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Jaipur, Jul 15 (PTI) Two Nigerian nationals were arrested here in an alleged drug smuggling case, officials said on Saturday.
A team of CID (Crime Branch) of police headquarters arrested the accused and recovered 58 grams of cocaine and Rs 1 lakh cash from them.
The estimated value of the recovered cocaine in the international market is around Rs 1 crore, police said.
One of the arrested foreign nationals does not have a passport while the passport of the other has expired, they said.
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ADG Crime Dinesh MN said on the basis of information about the purchase and sale of illegal drugs in the Jawahar Nagar police station area here, a team of the crime branch conducted a raid in the Sindhi colony and caught the duo.
The accused are being interrogated.
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