Nigerian arrested for possessing heroin

A 26-year-old Nigerian man was arrested for possessing heroin with police claiming that he has confessed supplying the contraband in the neighbouring states.
Fraink Moses, resident of Lagos in Nigeria, was apprehended by a team of Chandigarh Police's Crime branch yesterday with 30 grams of heroin, police said.
He was arrested from Industrial Area, Sector-31 of the city during the patrol duty, they added.
"The team noticed that the Nigerian, on seeing the police, turned back and tried to escape, but with prompt action the team members apprehended him and recovered the heroin from him" a police statement said.
It said the accused was residing at Sector-21 of Dwarka, in New Delhi. A case under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered against him here today and he was remanded in two days police custody by a court here.

The accused failed to produce his passport and documents to support his stay in India.

"Hence, Section 14 of Foreigners Act has also been added in the FIR," police said.
"During interrogation, he disclosed that he came to India in January 2015 on a business visa. During his India, he came into contact with one, Dennis who is also a Nigerian national and started supplying contrabands in the area of Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh and nearby areas."
"He further disclosed that he used to contact the drug peddlers on phone and as per their demand, later supplied the drugs on the highway from Delhi to Chandigarh as well as in the area of UT/Chandigarh," they said.