The involvement of so many Nigerians in drug trafficking case came to the fore in recent past after a series of arrests has caused concern.
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A former Nigerian footballer of Kolkata Maidan was arrested by the Detective Department (DD) officers of Kolkata Police in connection with alleged trafficking of cocaine.
Sources close to officers of DD at Lalbazar said that a former Nigerian footballer, identified as Emanuel, who used to play for the Kolkata Port Trust team during 2009-14, was arrested from Hazra in South Kolkata on Tuesday evening on charges of possessing cocaine.
DD sources said that Emanuel was arrested following interrogation of another Nigerian, Kelvin Chinedu, who was arrested earlier in connection with alleged drug trafficking charges.
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“Kelvin Chinedu, the Nigerian, who was arrested earlier over possessing of drugs, had mentioned the name of Emanuel as his one of his aides, who was also involved in the trafficking of drugs.
“Acting on a tip-off and based on specific information, we arrested Emanuel from Hazra Morh with cocaine last night,” an officer of Lalbazar said.
Interestingly, the involvement of so many Nigerians in drug trafficking case came to the fore in recent past after a series of arrests has caused concern.
The menace which has assumed alarming proportion of late had prompted the city police to convene a meeting with the high commissioner of that country recently.
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