Mumbai: At least 14 Nigerian nationals were arrested for drug peddling, and contraband worth `21 lakh and a pistol were seized, police said on Thursday. Some had illegally entered India from Bangladesh.
A raid was conducted the Byculla police on the railway tracks of Chinchpokli in Central Mumbai in which they caught seven Nigerians with narcotics on December 15. After probe, police got information about more Nigerians, hiding at Mira Road in neighbouring Thane, said Dinesh Kadam, senior inspector, Byculla police station.