India News | 66-year-old Nigerian Woman Held with Drugs Worth Rs 6.4 Lakh in Palghar District

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The police in Maharashtra's Palghar district have seized drugs worth nearly Rs 6.4 lakh from a 66-year-old Nigerian woman, an official said on Wednesday.

Palghar, Jan 17 (PTI) The police in Maharashtra's Palghar district have seized drugs worth nearly Rs 6.4 lakh from a 66-year-old Nigerian woman, an official said on Wednesday.

Acting on inputs, the Tulinj police raided the residence of the accused, identified as Kehinde Bolaji Bello, at Pragati Nagar in the Mira-Bhayander area on the outskirts of Mumbai, on Monday, he said.

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The police seized 56.2 grams of MD and 7.5 grams of cocaine, collectively worth nearly Rs 6.4 lakh, from Bello, said senior inspector Shailendra Nagarkar of Tulinj police station.

A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he added.

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(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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