44-Year-Old Nigerian Arrested Again For Drug Possession In Goa, India

Police have arrested a 44-year-old Nigerian national after seizing drugs valued at Rs 2 lakh from his possession in North Goa district, officials said.

The man had earlier also been arrested in a drugs case in 2017, they said.

Acting on specific intelligence, a Crime Branch team laid a trap in the early hours of Wednesday at Cunchelim in Siolim village of Bardez taluka, where the accused was expected to deliver narcotic substances, Superintendent of Police Jivba Dalvi told reporters.

Sensing the police presence, the accused, identified as Joseph Ifeanyi Ozoemena, attempted to flee but was apprehended, he said.

During the operation, the police recovered 17.58 gm of amphetamine with an estimated market value of around Rs 2 lakh from him. A scooter and a mobile phone were also seized from his possession, the official said.

The accused was booked under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Accused’s Prior Drug Record

According to police, the accused has a prior record of drug-related crimes and was arrested by Goa’s Anti-Narcotics Cell in 2017.

He remained in jail for seven years, and following his release in 2024, was lodged at the detention centre in Mapusa. He was later released in December 2025 following a High Court order.

In other new: Delhi Police Arrest Nigerian National In Narcotic Drugs Case

The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a Nigerian national who had been declared a Proclaimed Offender (PO) in a case registered under the NDPS Act in Chandigarh, officials said.

The accused, identified as Chuks, was apprehended by the WR-II team near Tilak Nagar Metro Station following specific information about his movement in the area.

The WR-II team of the Crime Branch arrested the accused, identified as Chuks, a resident of Nigeria. He had been declared a Proclaimed Offender in a case registered in 2021 at the Industrial Area Police Station in Chandigarh under the NDPS Act.

According to the police, the accused used to supply drugs in the Tilak Nagar, Dwarka, and Najafgarh areas. The Crime Branch had received secret information that the accused would come to the Tilak Nagar area to meet one of his associates.