Gurugram, Dec 17 (PTI) The police in Haryana's Nuh have arrested an African national with smack worth about Rs 31 lakh in the international market, officials said on Tuesday.

Chijioke, a native of West Africa presently living in Delhi's Vikaspuri, was arrested by a Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) team while he was coming to sell drugs in the Nuh area on a scooter, police said, adding that the accused has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and The Foreigners Act at the Sadar Tauru police station.

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According to Tauru CIA in-charge Mahender Singh, Chijioke was nabbed from near the KMP bridge on Sohna road after the agency received a tip-off that Chijioke would come to the area to sell drugs.

The CIA team also recovered a packet containing 285.42 gm of smack from his possession, Singh said.

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"The seized contraband is valued at around Rs 31 lakh in international market. The accused did not have a valid passport. We are questioning him to find out how he got involved in drugs trade," Singh added.

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