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Nigerian, Indian Wife Arrested

Posted by 9jabook.com on October 26, 2009 at 7:34pm
A Nigerian and his Indian (Punjabi) wife were arrested with more than four-gram smack at a naka in Mundi Kharar on Tuesday. The Nigerian has been residing in Mohali since eight years after coming here on a study visa. The car in which they were travelling has been impounded. After registering a case under various sections of the NDPS Act, both were produced in a local court which sent them in judicial remand,Times of India reported. advertisement The Nigerian has been identified as Baba Andrew John of Kano state in Nigeria and his wife as Manjeet Kaur, a resident of Sirhind, Punjab. They have been residing in Mata Gujri Enclave, Mundi Kharar. Kharar DSP Simratpal Singh Dhindsa said on the directions of SSP, Mohali, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar a naka was laid at Mundi Kharar. The naka team was led by Kharar city police post incharge Tarlochan Singh. A white car was signalled to stop and during checking, four gram and 180 milligram smack was found from the possession of the couple sitting in the vehicle, he added. Tarlochan Singh said Baba Andrew John had come to Mohali in 2001 on study visa and since then, he has been staying here and extending his visa. As his passport was expiring on November 1, he has applied for its renewal at Nigerian embassy, he added. He said the Nigerian and his wife were into the illegal trade of narcotics and brought the consignment from Haryana and other places to sell it locally. This is not the first time that a Nigerian has been arrested with contraband. In July, Mohali police had held four Nigeria nationals with 500 grams of heroin. While two are students of a private institute in Mohali, the others claimed to be in India for business.
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