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Jaipur, June 29 (HS). The embassies of South Africa and Nigeria have sought details of two foreign nationals who were caught by DST East and Pratap Nagar police station for selling cocaine. Police recovered 116 grams of cocaine, a bike, 11 mobiles and a laptop from them. The accused used to sell drugs around schools, colleges and pubs. These people have been active in Jaipur, Delhi and Pune for 3 years and are smuggling drugs. This is the first time that these people have been caught by the police. A special team has been formed to interrogate both the smugglers. Which is working on every angle.
During interrogation of the accused, it was revealed that both the criminals had come to India on business visa. One foreigner is staying in India even after his visa has expired. They used to bring drugs from different states to Jaipur and supply them to the students. A diary has also been recovered from the criminals. It contains the names of the drug users and complete details. The police have given information about both of them to the Ministry of External Affairs. The drugs recovered from these criminals have been sent to FSL. Continuous interrogation is being done regarding their international contacts. These people were smuggling drugs in an organised manner. These people had students from many colleges of Jaipur and pubs under their influence, where they used to supply drugs.
During interrogation, both the smugglers first denied knowing Hindi and English. After this, when the police became strict, now both have started answering in Hindi. On 27th June at 12 noon, both the foreign nationals were caught while going to deliver drugs on a bike near Akira Library in Shriram Vihar. Both the accused started running away from the spot. Police surrounded both of them and caught them. During interrogation, one identified himself as Michael, a resident of South Africa and the other identified himself as Emmanuel, a resident of Nigeria. Police seized the passports and visas of both for investigation. When the documents of both were investigated, it came to light that Michael's visa had expired a long time ago. He is living in India illegally. Police recovered Rs 45,000 in cash from the accused. Which these people had earned by selling cocaine. Apart from this, a diary has also been found. It contains the name, college-school and mobile number of the customer who bought cocaine. Through this diary, the police will also reach the drug users. Both these smugglers were living on rent in Jaipur city for the last 8 months. They used to supply drugs online to college students and nearby hotels. Police have registered a case under NDPS Act, Foreigners Act 1946 and other sections of IPC and arrested both the foreign smugglers and took them on remand.
