Mumbai, May 5 (PTI) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 1 kg of cocaine and arrested two African nationals in Goa and Delhi, an official said on Friday.

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A Kenyan national was apprehended at Dabolim airport in Goa, while a Nigerian, who was the receiver of the contraband, was caught in Delhi, he said.

Goa Customs officials intercepted a Kenyan national identified as Samual at Dabolim airport on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday on the suspicion of concealing some substance in his luggage, he said.

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The accused had travelled to India from Johannesburg (South Africa) via Dubai, he said.

The NCB Goa was informed and a thorough search of the luggage unearthed two packets of the contraband weighing 1.009 kg, which was concealed in the false bottom of a trolley bag, he said.

A probe revealed that the contraband was to be delivered to New Delhi, and in a follow-up operation, the other accused as James EC was arrested in the capital on Friday, the official said.

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