Indian Police nab wanted, notorious Nigerian drug dealer
The police in India have arrested a wanted notorious Nigerian drug dealer, Chukwu Ogbonna David, also known as Tony Dave, for engaging in illicit drugs business in the country.
The Indian News Agency, ANI, reports that the suspect was arrested at his hideout in Hyderabad, the capital of southern India’s Telangana state, after a massive manhunt for him for many months, the Hyderabad Police said in a statement.
According to the Hyderabad Police Commissioner, CV Anand, who confirmed the arrest of the Nigerian suspect at a press conference, Tony, 37, was arrested alongside nine other illicit drug peddling accomplices.
The police statement reads in part, “Tony who is a Nigerian national, is the biggest drug dealer in India and was on the wanted list of the police.
“The Hyderabad Police also found that the suspect, Tony, established a network of agents in different places including Mumbai, Goa and Hyderabad and after accepting online payments, supplied the drugs.
“Tony carried out his activity mostly in South Indian states. We are also probing if the consumers were hosting parties and using the drug,” the police report noted.
“He was purchasing the drugs from another Nigerian international drug-peddler known as Star Boy, who shipped the narcotics into India and other Asian countries in large quantities.
“The main supplier, Star Boy, used only WhatsApp or VOIP network to contact his agents.
“He does not meet anyone nor does he interact through direct phone calls. We suspect he is operating from some African country and through his network, supplies the drug in containers shipped to India.
“The City Police would be writing to the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs seeking help in contacting the Nigerian government to nab Star Boy.”
