Shillong, June 26 (IANS) A Nigerian drug
smuggler has been arrested by Shillong-
based customs officials from New Delhi,
where he was under detaintion after his visa
lapsed, an official said on Friday.
Samnneji Chukwuemeka alias Moses Jeffery
was wanted in Meghalaya for trying to
smuggle drugs from the state to Holland in
2011.
"He (Chukwuemeka) has under security
radar for nearly four years after we foiled
his attempt to smuggle 645 grams of
brown sugar from Shillong to Holland way
back in August 2011 through a courier
agency," Superintendent of Customs
(Preventive) Shillong, D. Bhattacharjee, told
IANS.
In October 2011, Indian customs
department issued a red alert notice against
Chukwuemeka after it found that his
passport number also figured in the
parcelling box which contained the seized
drugs.
"Finally, we managed to arrest
Chukwuemeka only after the immigration
cell at New Delhi alerted us that he has been
detained by Delhi Police for over staying in
India," Bhattacharjee said.
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