HYDERABAD: Excise officers arrested a Nigerian drug peddler and his
girlfriend
on Monday and recovered 106 gm of cocaine from their possession. Acting on specific information, the Enforcement officers of the Excise department raided a house in Nanal Nagar and arrested Divine Ebuka Suzu, 25, and his girl friend, Toure Aminata, 27, of Ivory Coast.
“Ebuka has been operating from Bangalore and supplying cocaine to clients in Hyderabad through his agents. He has been selling cocaine for Rs 7,000 a gram,” Excise Deputy Commissioner C Vivekananda Reddy said.
Ebuka’s main associate, John Paul, a Tanzanian, brother Chima Good Luck and two others were arrested for possession of cocaine a week ago.“With all his Hyderabad based associates in prison, Ebuka decided to deliver cocaine to his clients directly and came to the city with his friend Aminata,” Assistant Excise Superintendent N Anji Reddy said.
Ebuka confessed that his gang member, Choose, based in
Brazil
supplies cocaine to his Mumbai based associate, Thaga, who in turn supplies the drug to him, to sell in Bangalore and Hyderabad. The duo will be produced before the court on Tuesday.
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