New Delhi, April 09: A 33-year-old Nigerian footballer was arrested here for allegedly possessing six kg of heroin with street value of Rs six crore, police said today.
Simon O Umukoro was apprehended from Peetampura yesterday following a tip off when he came there to allegedly sell the contraband, Ashok Chand, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said.
Umukoro told the police that in 2006 he set up a company Ona’s Services Nigeria Limited and in March 2008 came to India on a one month visa for purchasing synthetic hair.
“He continued living in India and in January 2009 he went to Kathmandu for business purpose. He returned to India in January 2010 and started living with another Nigerian identified as Friday in Nawada in Uttam Nagar,” he said.
—PTi