Two Nigerians arrested in India for drug trafficking

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Two Nigerians have been arrested in India in separate incidents involving romance scams and drug trafficking, PUNCH Metro reports.

According to The Hindu’s report on Friday, the Bagalkot district police arrested a 47-year-old Nigerian, Oliver Okechukwu, on charges of duping a woman of ₹5.5 lakh (about N9.5m) under the pretext of marriage.

Bagalkot Superintendent of Police Siddarth Goel confirmed the arrest, saying the suspect was arrested by Bagalkot CEN police in Mumbai on Thursday.

Investigations, according to the report, revealed that Okechukwu, who resides in Shivaji Nagar Bonkode Ganv, Khairane Thane, Mumbai, targeted women through matrimonial websites.

He reportedly introduced himself as “Satya Amit,” a London-based professional, and promised to marry a divorcee from Ilkal, Karnataka, who was seeking a partner at the time.

The report added that the suspect told the woman he had arrived in India but that customs officers had seized US dollars worth ₹1 crore from him at the airport about 18 months ago.

Following back-and-forth, he was said to have succeeded in convincing the victim to transfer the said money into a bank account to complete the transaction. Punch