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Intl drug racket busted in Hyderabad, Nigerian held

Hyderabad, June 23 (UNI) In a significant victory against drug trafficking, The Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TGANB) along with police busted an international drug racket by arresting three persons - a Nigerian and two local drug peddlers - police said here Monday.
Based on credible intelligence about a Goa-Hyderabad drug link, TGANB and Narsingi police raided a high-end flat at Alkapur Township in Manikonda, outskirts of the city on Sunday , where a drug transaction was in progress and all three were caught red-handed.
"Seized 107 grams of cocaine and 25 grams of ecstasy pills, along with six mobile phones, altogether worth Rs 30 lakh from their possession, who were allegedly operating an international drug racket from a plush residential complex," police said here.
The arrested have been identified as Chukwumeka Wisdom Onyeka, alias Victor Chukwu, alias Divine Chukwu Emeka (22), a Nigerian national who was residing in Goa and studying BSc (IT) at Gokul Global University in Gujarat; Gopishetty Rajesh, a wedding planner residing in Manikonda, Hyderabad and Bommadevara Veera Raju, a real estate and car dealer originally from Rajahmundry, West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh.
Rajesh and Veera Raju have a criminal record related to drug peddling and were involved in another case booked in Raidurgam police station in the city.
The Nigerian entered India on student visa. According to the police, the syndicate is operated by a Nigerian drug kingpin Max alias Princewel alias Buchi alias Gabriel, a Nigerian.
He is managing supply chains from abroad using student visa holders and fake identities.
Rajesh and Veera Raju, initially consumers, built contacts with other people and started purchasing drugs at premium prices.
Attracted by high profits, they continued drug peddling even after being arrested earlier by Raidurgam Police, Cyberabad police Commissionerate.
They visited Goa multiple times to procure narcotics and supplied them in Hyderabad to elite circles. UNI KNR SSP
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