India authorities say it has
arrested a ‘Nigerian professor’ who was found in possession of an “intermediate
quantity” of cocaine.
The Nigerian suspect was identified as Nwagwu Princewill Chika.
Chika was arrested on Thursday by the
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in India. Specifically, he was nabbed in
Nallasopara. Reports in the press in India monitored by 1st
News reveal that his arrest came after NCB operatives in
Mumbai received an intelligence input on Chika’s whereabouts. Subsequently and
based on the intel, they had conducted a raid in Nallasopara and arrested
Chika.
Among the items recovered from him
was 10.2 gm of cocaine and 1 blot of LSD. The NCB differentiates the quantity
of drugs or banned substances in three levels – small, intermediate and
commercial.
“He has been arrested and will be
produced before the court. He has some high profile links that we are probing,” disclosed Samir Wankhede, NCB zonal director.
However, the Nigerian professor is
said to have refused to cooperate with authorities since his arrest.
“He is not cooperating with us and
not sharing the passwords of his electronic gadgets,” one of the officials involved in the investigation
was quoted to have said.
Meanwhile, Chika, a graduate of Imo
State University, Owerri arrived in India in 2017. He was reported to have been
involved in teaching about the functioning of government; from where he must
have gotten the professor tag. Authorities say the ‘Nigerian professor’ came to
India on a tourist visa, which expired in 2018.
Nevertheless, he continued to stay in
India and was reported to have even learnt the Hindi language.
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