Nigerian Man And His Kenyan Girlfriend Arrested With Illicit Substances

The Goverdhan Villas police in Udaipur, India, detained a Nigerian drug seller and his Kenyan girlfriend for allegedly possessing prohibited substances, including MDMA worth ₹5 lakhs.

On Wednesday, February 28, 2024, Station House Officer (SHO) Ajay Singh Rao and his crew apprehended the suspects, 34-year-old Nigerian, Joseph Tobechukwu and Lilian Nyaisiri, 32, after receiving a tip.

Both of them were staying in a leased house in Suro Ka Fala, near the Om Banna temple, which is part of the Goverdhan Villas police station circle.

“It was when the Station House Officer Goverdhan Villas police station got a tipoff that a foreign couple is roaming in the area with a huge amount of drugs in their possession and is about to come towards the Dakshin Vistaar Yojna Road,” Deputy SP, Rajat Bishnoi Choudhary said.

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“Upon getting the information SHO immediately launched a road barricading, during the barricading a foreign couple was seen coming towards the police team on a black colored scooty.

“But as soon as the said couple saw the police team they turned back and tried to escape. But the police chased them up to a distance of around 1.5 kilometres and nabbed them.

“When they checked as much as 21 grams of banned drugs MdMa was found from Joseph while around 11 grams of MdMa drugs were recovered from the clothes of female accused Lilian.

“The drugs was later seized and both the accused were booked under section 8/22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS).”

Rajat went on to say that during the preliminary interrogation, the accused confessed that they had been staying in their rented house since August 2023 without any police verification.

Both suspects appeared in court and were remanded in police custody.

The police will now question them more about the other individuals involved in the racket.

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