A Nigerian national identified as Paul Chukwu, has been arrested by the police in India for possession of hard drugs, including cocaine.
The 48-year-old suspect was taken into custody after he was caught in Maharashtra’s Thane city.
Chukwu, a resident of Nalasopara in the western part of Mumbai metropolitan region, had 32 grams of cocaine and 0.22 grams of LSD.
The cocaine and the hallucinogenic drug have a combined value of around Rs 14 (1.4 million Indian rupee).
Crime Unit V’s Inspector Vikas Ghodke said acting on a tip, a police team staked out a hotel on Ghodbunder Road.
According to the news site Outlook, the suspect was apprehended when he arrived with the narcotics.
Chukwu’s offence violates the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act; he has been booked at the Kasarvadavali police station.