Bengaluru: In a first such case, Nigerian citizen booked under NDPS Act for drugs peddling

Bengaluru: For the first time, the Bengaluru city police have arrested a Nigerian citizen involved in an illegal drug sale and registered a case under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT NDPS), 1988.

The city police’s decision to book drug peddlers under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act, 1988 has been upheld by the high court advisory board.

Officials of the CCB drug control squad had earlier submitted a proposal for the arrest of the peddler under said Act. DCP (Crime) Kuldeep Kumar Jain and JCP Sandeep Patil had reviewed the proposal and sent a recommendation to City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao.

Following the city police commissioner’s order, a Nigerian drug peddler was taken to preventive detention and remanded in judicial custody.

The commissioner issued an arrest order on March 16 and Chukuka was arrested on March 17.

The arrested Chukuka has been a part of the sale racket in the city since 2012, abetted by his wife. but had escaped arrest, said police sources.

When the case was taken to court, the advisory board with three judges of the high court upheld the commissioner’s order. Chukuka has also been given a year’s imprisonment.