Nigerian man remanded in police custody for 3 days for smuggling drugs in Coimbatore

Coimbatore: It was reported to the drug trafficking special police that drug trafficking was being carried out in Coimbatore in the last.


Coimbatore: It was reported to the drug trafficking special police that drug trafficking was being carried out in Coimbatore in the last.

Following that, a Nigerian youth was detained at the Coimbatore railway station. The EC court ordered him to be remanded in police custody for 3 days. Coimbatore Central EC (Essential Commodities) Special Court granted.

According to a tip-off received by the Chennai Zonal Officers of the Central Narcotics Control Unit, the express train from Delhi to Kerala was raided at the Coimbatore railway station on the 19th. At that time, the Madurai Regional Narcotics Unit checked the belongings of the Nigerian youth who were on the platform of the railway station.

At the time, it was revealed that he was in possession of 2.23 kg of amphetamine worth Rs 1.10 crore. Following this, NCP officials arrested Edwin Kingsley, 26, from Nigeria. The Madurai Regional Central Narcotics Division has filed a petition in the Special Court for Essential Commodities Legal in the Coimbatore Combined Court Complex seeking permission to remand and interrogate Edwin Kingsley for 5 days. Judge Govindarajan, who heard the case, allowed the Nigerian youth to be interrogated for three days.

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