Notorious Nigerian drug trafficker arrested in India
A 41-year-old Nigerian man who is believed to be the head of the supply chain of illegal drugs in India has been arrested.
John Somadina was arrested last week.
Somadina was said to be a pan-India supplier of illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamine, etc.
He allegedly coordinated the drug cartel that was involved in smuggling illegal drugs from South America and Africa into the country.
The mode of operation of the criminal was to illegally bring Illegal drugs into the country and then distribute to the smaller cities such as Ahmedabad, Baroda, etc.
Soamdina’s carriers allegedly supply the illegal drugs in small quantities to bigger cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Bangalore, among others.
“Most of the people who act as carriers in this crime are citizens of Nigeria, Kenya, Venezuela, Vietnam, Columbia and Brazil. And they are mostly drug addicts themselves.
“There also appointed several people from the North East as carriers. At least 12 of the carriers were apprehended by the NCB from different cities. The carriers would work for them for free supply of drugs,” Hari Om Gandhi, Zonal Director, NCB, said.
Somadina was allegedly involved in at least 12 cases of illegal drug supply and smuggling.
Investigators said he was also in touch with the international drug cartels in South America, which made it easier to smuggle illegal drugs into the country with the help of carriers.
It was also suspected that he was running a country-wide racket in 2014. The Ahmedabad NCB has been granted three-day judicial custody of the accused.
