Drug, sex racket: Five Nigerians, Telugu woman held
HYDERABAD: Rachakonda police on Monday arrested a woman from the Andhra Pradesh and her Nigerian boyfriend, along with four other Nigerians, all involved in drug trafficking and flesh trade in Hyderabad. The Telugu woman handled the gang’s financial transactions.Police investigation revealed that the gang lured customers into doing drugs which boost sexual desire and then encouraged them to get physical with Nigerian women.
Rachakonda police commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat on Monday said the arrest of the woman Palaparthi Sangeetha and her friend, Nigerian national John Okorie, Nagar on Sunday helped in busting the drug and flesh trade gang. The duo was in possession of three gm cocaine and 200 gm ganja.
Cops said Sangeetha came in contact with the Nigerian gang through a common friend. She became close with Ojuku Cosmos of the gang, an illegal resident in India since 2012. Based on her confession, a team raided Ojuku’s house and arrested him. He was in possession of cocaine, brown sugar, 77 Amphetamine tablets and one laptop, `1.54 lakh and three phones and a bike. In subsequent raids Cyril, Paul and Henry were arrested and cops seized seven gram of cocaine, 300 gm ganja, `50,000 cash, phones and laptops.
A total of 20 gm cocaine, 12 gm brown sugar, 39.8 gm of Amphetamine tablets, 1.67 kg ganja, three laptops, `2.04 lakh cash, six passports, two bikes and nine mobile phones, all worth around `10 lakh, has been seized from the accused. Also, the prime accused in flesh trade, John Paul, has been living illegally in India since 2014.