Banker, Landlord Among 5 Held By NCB In Drug Trafficking Case

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai have busted a gang that was instrumental in smuggling Tramadol to Nigeria and in return get Cocaine smuggled in India. Five members of the gang have been arrested so far. Interestingly, the agency has arrested a bank official and the person who had handed out his premises to the contraband smuggler on charges of conspiracy for not taking due diligence on their parts.

“We had received information that a Nigerian national identified as Paul Ikenna alias Bossman is staying in Kharghar was involved in trafficking of drugs from foreign sources into Mumbai for further distribution to other cities like Goa, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, etc. We nabbed him on September 9 and searched his residence and seized 2 kg of Cocaine and during investigation we learnt that Ikenna was first arrested in 1989 by the NCB and was in jail. Finally he got discharged from the said case. After coming out of jail, again in 2001 he got arrested in a case of heroin smuggling and got convicted in 2006. He was in jail till 2012,” said deputy director general of NCB, SK Singh.