Navi Mumbai: Nigerian national held with drugs worth Rs 3.85 lakh

THANE: A 35-year-old Nigerian national was held allegedly with drugs worth Rs 3.85 lakh, Navi Mumbai Anti Narcotics Cell senior inspector NB Kolhatkar said on Monday.
Acting on a tip-off, a trap was laid near a fast food joint in Kalamboli on Saturday evening and Nigerian national Vitalis Okolie was nabbed with 55 grams of methaqualone, a sedative-hypnotic drug, he said.
Okolie, who stays in Santacruz in neighbouring Mumbai, has been charged under NDPS Act and was remanded in police custody till Monday, the official added.