Five Nigerians were arrested for peddling cocaine and crystal meth in the city, police said on Thursday.
"A city Crime Branch team raided their rented house in the north-east suburb on Tuesday night and seized 6.4 gm cocaine and 0.8 gm crystal meth valued at Rs 2.5 lakh," said city's Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) S. Ravi in a statement here.
The accused are Ikpendu Peter Ofors, 32; Chinedueze, 32; Fidelis Ezeh, 36; Nonso Joachin, 33 and Valentine Chinedu, 28.
As many as 14 mobile phones, three fake passports, one portable weighing machine and three two-wheelers were seized from their Ramamurthy Nagar house.
A case has been registered against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Foreigners' Act.
A local court on Thursday remanded them in 14-day judicial custody.
--IANS
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