Two including one Nigerian held for smuggling cocaine

Kathmandu, July 18: A squad from the Narcotics Control Bureau today apprehended two people, one Indian and another Nigerian, on the charge of smuggling cocaine weighing one kilo and 100 grams.

The arrested are Fahimuddin Nasinmuddin Ansari, 23, from India, and Akechukuwa Siril Obodofula, 44, from Nigeria, according to Bureau Chief and Senior Superintendent of Police, Dinesh Kumar Acharya.

The Nigerian national landed in Nepal on a Qatar Airlines flight on July 16 to supply the contraband to Ansari. He is accused of smuggling cocaine into Nepal and was arrested from Pingalasthan.  Ansari arrived in Kathmandu via Mumbai on an Indigo Airlines to receive the contraband. He was arrested from Thamel along with cocaine.

It is said the Nigerian hid the capsules filled with cocaine in his jacket while bringing it into Nepal from Qatar. They will be tried under the Narcotics Control Act-2033 BS, Acharya said.

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