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Foreign national arrested with drugs worth Rs 6 lakh

Palghar police have arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly peddling drugs and have seized drugs worth Rs 6 lakh from…

Foreign national arrested with drugs worth Rs 6 lakh

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Palghar police have arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly peddling drugs and have seized drugs worth Rs 6 lakh from him.

Inspector Bharat Jadhav of Nalasopara police station said that, based on a tip off, Nigerian national Sirki Lasmen Dumaya was arrested on Wednesday from Hanuman Nagar area.

The official said that 310 grams of banned drug mephedrone was seized from the accused.

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He said that Dumaya had been booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, adding that further investigations were underway.

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