India by residents Friday after the scooter he was
riding met with an accident and packets of cannabis
tumbled out of the two-wheeler's glove-box, a ruling
legislator said.
The Nigerian, who has not been identified by police
yet, was arrested by the officials from Mapusa police
station, 15 km from Panaji, and was taken to a
medical facility because of the injuries he suffered in
the accident.
"The Nigerian fell from his scooter after meeting with
an accident. He was injured, but immediately tried to
hide the drug packets which had fallen from his bike
in the bushes by the road," Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA from Calangute Michael Lobo said, adding that
residents informed police.
"Police, who arrived here after being informed, have
taken him away in a van…," Lobo said.
Lobo accused police of being hand-in-glove with the
drug mafia, claiming that police were scared to act
against Nigerians, several of whom, he said,
continued to be living in Goa illegally, despite a
crackdown last year.
The murder of a Nigerian last year allegedly by a rival
drug-running gang, and the arson which followed
next, had also triggered a diplomatic row between
India and Nigeria.Police have not offered any
comment on the incident.
[Reported By PM Lagos
Sent From David Aniemeka
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