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Two persons, including Nigerian national, held for drug peddling in Chennai
Two men, including a Nigerian national, were arrested by the Ashok Nagar police on Monday (June 9, 2025) for the possession of methamphetamine and peddling drugs.
Based on clues from a previous arrest, the Ashok Nagar police, along with the Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit (ANIU), nabbed Antony Ogbo Okoro, 32, a Nigerian national, and Darshan alias Dakshinamurthy, 25, at Koyambedu on Sunday (June 8). The police seized 12.42 grams of methamphetamine from them.
Earlier, on June 1, the police arrested five men from Ashok Nagar's 6th Avenue, as part of the same network. The officials had also recovered 46.7 grams of cocaine, 6.88 grams of methamphetamine, and five mobile phones from them.
