Two Nigerians held in Hyderabad, 104g cocaine seized

HYDERABAD:

Excise sleuths

arrested two Nigerian peddlers and seized 104 grams of

cocaine worth Rs

8 lakh from their possession at Tarnaka on Sunday.

Acting on an alert, the excise enforcement team intercepted the duo travelling on a bike at Tarnaka X Roads and arrested

Jideofor alias Zadi Pascal

, 35, of Nagarjuna Nagar Colony in Tarnaka, and his girlfriend Chukwudi Ebere Monica, 30, from

Andheri

East in Mumbai.

The excise team seized 104 grams of cocaine, Rs 1.64 lakh cash, a bike and four cell phones from the offenders. “Four days ago, one Aric sent

cocaine

from Mumbai through Chukwudi Ebera Monica. She went to Zadi Pascal, who lives in a rented house at Nagarjunagar Colony, Tarnaka. Zadi has been directly delivering cocaine for Rs 8,000 a gram,” assistant excise superintendent N Anji Reddy. The accused along with the seized contraband were handed over to prohibition & excise station, Musheerabad for further investigation.