Nigerian drug peddler residing in Goa held in Hyderabad with drugs worth Rs 8 Cr: Telangana Police

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    Digital Goa, Feb 6- A 43-year-old Nigerian national who resides at Candolim, Goa was apprehended in Hyderabad for allegedly peddling drugs and 557 grams of cocaine and other narcotic drugs all worth Rs 8 crore, Hyderabad police said in a media briefing. Iwuala Udoka Stanley was living in Candolim in Goa, and a team of Telangana State Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TSNAB) had kept a watch in Goa for more than one month to identify the accused informed Telangana Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) S M Vijay Kumar. The team came to know that the accused was going to visit Hyderabad to supply drugs to his known consumers and also to do some drug dealings, police said.Based on that information, the TSNAB team along with the assistance of Panjagutta Police apprehended Stanley and seized cocaine and various other narcotic drugs from his possession, they said. In 2017, Stanley was arrested by NCB, Goa for drug peddling and was lodged in Central Jail, Goa.