A 36-year-old Nigerian citizen, Okafor Eze Emmanuel was arrested by Indian police in Kerala for alleged drug trafficking.

Okafor was taken into custody by Palarivattam, KR Puram police, Bangalore, on Wednesday, August 24,

A team consisting of Inspector S Sanal and Sanip Kumar, Mahin Abdulkar, Arun Surendran, and Ernakulam ACP Rajkumar led the capture of the accused.

Haroon Sultan was arrested on July 20, 2022, after he was found with 102.04 grams of MDMA at Kalur Worldwide Stadium Hyperlink Street.

After Haroon was interrogated, the Palarivattam Police arrested Alin Joseph and Niju Peter.

Upon interrogation, the police acquired info that one Varghese Joseph, a local of Fort Kochi, who resided in Bengaluru was sending massive portions of MDMA. Details about the Nigerian national were obtained from him.

"He was hiding in Bangalore with a German lady. The arrest was made as part of a one-and-a half-moth operation," IPS Sasidharan, DCP of Kochi Police, said.

"We have arrested six people incuding him as part of this case. They used to deliver drugs to diferent places in Kerala. There will be more accused in the case,"

"This is part of an investigation with the intention of nabbing drug dealers. This is also part of a special drive against drug trafficking and usage of drugs," IPS Sasidharan added.

The accused was produced in court and remanded.