Police arrest Nigerian national, recover ₹3 crore worth MDMA
The Amruthahalli police on Tuesday arrested a 43-year-old Nigerian national and allegedly recovered MDMA worth ₹3 crore from him.
The accused, identified as Pepe Morepeyi, was allegedly caught red-handed while he was waiting for his customers behind a school in Dasarahalli .
Probe revealed that Pepe had come to Bengaluru in 2023 on a work visa to sell readymade clothes and was allegedly involved in peddling drugs. He was overstaying since then and rented a house in Tata Nagar .
The accused allegedly confessed that he purchased the drugs from another foreigner in Kammanahalli, and was peddling MDMA to make quick money. Efforts are on to track down his contact .
Pepe has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and remanded to judicial custody.
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