The police in the coastal city of Mangaluru in Karnataka arrested a 36-year-old Nigerian, who was transporting cocaine from Goa to Bengaluru.
According to Mangaluru City police, Emeka Clinton Obinna acted as a mule for drug traders in south India. He would procure drugs and other contraband material from smugglers in Goa and handover the same to traders in Bengaluru.
The police zeroed in on him following a detailed probe into the drug racket in coastal Karnataka.
DRUG TRADE
Emeka came to India on a business visa, which had expired last year. He had made several successful trips to Goa in the past. When the police arrested him on Friday, they found 4.5 kgs of cocaine in his possession. The police are interrogating him to find out about his partners in drug trade.
The police have registered a case against him under the Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.