Hyderabad Police arrested a Nigerian for drug peddling and deported him to forestall him from indulging in undesirable actions detrimental to nationwide safety.
The Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) apprehended the Nigerian nationwide, recognized as Onuorah Solomon Chibueze (46), who was discovered illegally overstaying in India.
Y.V.S. Sudheendra, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Activity Pressure/H-NEW), mentioned the Nigerian was deported on Thursday.
The police investigation revealed that Solomon got here to India in 2014 on a medical visa. He landed at Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport, New Delhi, and labored in a restaurant within the nationwide capital for 3 years. He additionally used to export garments to Nigeria. Later, he moved to Bengaluru, the place he joined one other restaurant and labored there till he shifted to Hyderabad.
He got here to Hyderabad in September 2024 and began residing within the Attapur space in a rented home. The DCP mentioned he used to acquire ganja from Pune and Mumbai and promote it to shoppers in Hyderabad at larger costs to earn simple cash and dwell a lavish way of life.
When he was discovered wandering in a suspicious method inside the Toli Chowki Police Station limits, he was apprehended. Throughout interrogation, he failed to offer any correct clarification or legitimate paperwork pertaining to his keep in Hyderabad. Upon thorough enquiry, he admitted that he didn’t possess a sound visa or passport and had been overstaying in India even after their expiry.
The Nigerian’s visa expired in September 2014, and his passport expired in 2016. Since then, he had been staying illegally in India, associating with drug peddlers, and indulging in illegal actions.
The H-NEW initiated the deportation course of with the Foreigners Regional Registration Workplace (FRRO), Hyderabad. His emergency journey doc was obtained from the Nigerian Excessive Fee, New Delhi, since each his passport and visa had expired. An exit allow was additionally secured from the FRRO, Hyderabad, and his journey ticket was booked from Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Airport, Hyderabad.
A workforce from H-NEW, led by Inspector G.S. Daniel, escorted and deported the foreigner to his native nation.
Police in current occasions have discovered that some foreigners coming to India from varied nations on medical, scholar, or enterprise visas don’t return even after their passport and visa expire, and as an alternative take pleasure in unlawful actions resembling transporting, supplying, and promoting varied forms of medication in India.
H-NEW urged the general public of Hyderabad to chorus from substance abuse and suggested dad and mom to maintain a watch on the actions of their kids to make sure they don’t fall prey to medication.