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Navi Mumbai: Two Nigerians held with drugs worth Rs 55 lakh

Updated on: 02 September,2023 02:20 PM IST  |  Thane
mid-day online correspondent |

The police on Friday raided a house in Bonkode area and recovered 450 gm of cocaine worth Rs 45 lakh and 100 gm of mephedrone powder worth Rs 10 lakh

Navi Mumbai: Two Nigerians held with drugs worth Rs 55 lakh

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Two Nigerian men were arrested for alleged possession of cocaine and mephedrone worth Rs 55 lakh following a raid at their house in Navi Mumbai, police said on Saturday.


The police on Friday raided a house in Bonkode area and recovered 450 gm of cocaine worth Rs 45 lakh and 100 gm of mephedrone powder worth Rs 10 lakh, a spokesperson of the Navi Mumbai.


The accused Dialo Ilyaso (28) and Mmeze Sylvester Okey (38) have been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he said, adding that a probe is underway to find out where the contraband was sourced from and the buyers.


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