A Nigerian national, Orachor Onyeka, aged 34, may face the death penalty in India after being arrested for his alleged involvement in a major drug trafficking operation.
He was apprehended in Bhopal alongside a Thai woman, both of whom are suspected of distributing synthetic drugs across several Indian cities.
According to a report by the Times of India, their arrest followed the capture of six other suspects linked to a drug syndicate identified as “Yasin.”
The duo was said to have been operating both online and offline in Bhopal and Delhi.
“The arrested Nigerian national, 34-year-old Orachor Onyeka, is already facing charges under the Foreigners Act and fraud sections at DLF Phase-1 Police Station in Delhi.
Onyeka has a sprawling drug distribution network across Bhopal, Delhi, and other Indian cities.
Police sources revealed that he imports MDMA from foreign countries and has been operating in India for the past seven years.
He contacted his clients through WhatsApp, Telegram, and other online platforms. He supplied MDMA to the nabbed drug peddlers Yasin and Shahwar. Cops believe that he might be manufacturing the chemical drugs at his hideout.”
The police reportedly recovered several SIM cards from both suspects, which were allegedly registered under false identities.
The discovery has raised suspicions about wider criminal activity and potential abuse of spa facilities as fronts for illegal trade.
“Additional DCP (Crime Branch) Shailendra Singh Chouhan said that police recovered Indian SIM cards from the nabbed Nigerian man and Thai woman.
They were issued using the identity of a local Indian individual.”
“If the accused fraudulently used the documents to obtain the SIM cards, a separate FIR will be registered against them.”
