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Cruise Drugs Case: NCB Arrests Second Nigerian

Mumbai: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a second foreign national in the cruise drugs case, from Goregaon area here on Sunday.

NCB officials, who conducted a series of raids in Goregaon, recovered cocaine from the Nigerian drug peddler. He is the 20th arrest in the drugs bust case, in which Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is among those who are behind bars.

Also Read: Mumbai Drugs-On-Cruise Case: No Bail For Aryan Khan & Two Others

According to NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede, a team of NCB Mumbai intercepted a Nigerian national named Okaro Ouzama along with intermediate quantity of cocaine.

“This is the 20th arrest in all and second arrest of foreign national. NCB Mumbai is making efforts to explore the foreign linkages of the case on basis of interrogation of the all accused persons. Further investigation is under process,” Wankhede stated.

On October 8, another Nigerian was apprehended with 40 tablets of commercial quantity of Ecstasy. He will be in NCB custody till October 11.

OB Bureau

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