Pakistan arrests 20 Nigerians and seizes 4.432 kg of drugs
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Pakistan’s anti-narcotics police arrested 20 Nigerian nationals in Islamabad and Rawalpindi and seized 4.432 kilograms of narcotics. The seizure includes 1.682 kg of cocaine, 2 kg of methamphetamine and 750 grammes of cannabis, according to the Anti-Narcotics Force cited by the Associated Press of Pakistan.
The 20 Nigerian nationals arrested in Islamabad and Rawalpindi are suspected of being involved in an organised network trafficking, distributing and selling cocaine, methamphetamine and cannabis to young people, particularly students. Two of the suspects were already out on bail in a previous drug-related case, according to the Associated Press of Pakistan, citing Pakistan’s Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF).
The ANF said it had monitored the network through prolonged intelligence-gathering and surveillance work before carrying out several coordinated operations in the two cities. The seizure includes 1.682 kg of cocaine, 2 kg of methamphetamine and 750 grammes of cannabis, according to the agency cited by Punch.
The arrests come after several anti-drug operations targeting Nigerian nationals in India. In October, four Nigerians and a Thai national were arrested in Haryana state with 54.76 grammes of MDMA and 8.90 grammes of cocaine, while four other Nigerians had been arrested in August in alleged trafficking cases in Delhi, Gurugram and Khanpur, according to Punch.
The Pakistani operation was announced on Wednesday, 11 November, by the Associated Press of Pakistan, which cited the ANF as the agency that conducted the arrests.
