Nigerian carrying cocaine arrested

A Nigerian national was arrested today for possessing three gm of cocaine, police said.

Chidera Francis (28), who was taken into custody while on his way to Kochi by train, had no passport or other travel documents, the police said.

The accused had arrived from Bengaluru, they said.

He was produced before the Judicial Magistrate Court here and was remanded in judicial custody for two weeks, they added.