A video of the moment a Nigerian national ran away from police custody during a drug search in Navi Mumbai, India, has leaked on the internet.
In the course of a drug search in Navi Mumbai, India, a Nigerian national was captured on camera fleeing from police.
On Friday, October 6, 2023, as part of a significant anti-drug campaign, Navi Mumbai police detained a 44-year-old Nigerian resident named Julius O Anthony Onyekachukwu in Ulwe’s Sector 24 neighborhood and recovered drugs worth 84.8 lakh rupees.
Along with other items intended for use in the sale of the contraband, the police also seized mobile phones, digital scales, and other items.
The Navi Mumbai police have launched a second significant operation in the last six weeks on drug sales in the area.
The NRI police conducted raids at 12 places in sectors 3, 5, 18, 24 and 25 of the Ulwe node based on information they had about the selling of drugs there. They also arrested the accused Nigerian.
In Onyekachukwu, the police seized 95 grams of cocaine worth $14.25 lakh and 706 kilos of mephedrone narcotics worth $70.6 lakh.
During the raids, the police found that 14 foreign nationals have been living illegally in the country. They have been issued notices to leave India under the Passport Act. Of the 14, 7 of them were female and 7 males and they all are from Nigeria and Uganda.
One of the accused also tried to escape from the police when he was being taken in a police van in sector 24 in Ulwe node. However, the police personnel chased him and caught him after some distance.
In the viral video shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), the accused Nigerian was seen being held by a policeman.
As soon as they start walking towards the police van, the accused somehow lets loose off the cop’s grip and launches a sprint away from the police.
The cops present at the spot wasted no time and started chasing the accused, however one of them fell on the ground during his attempt.
Others can be seen making ways in different directions to catch a hold of the accused running in the neighbourhood.
However, there are no reports about whether the police successfully nabbed the accused
A total of 350 police personnel, officials from NRI, the Anti-Narcotic Cell, officials of the Foreign Citizens Registration Department of NRI Police Station and other senior officers were present.
The raids were carried out under the guidance of DCPs of both zones one and two including DCP (crime).
A case has been registered against all the arrested accused under sections 8C, 21B and 22C of the NDPS Act 1985 at NRI police station.
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