New Delhi, Aug 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Dwarka District Police have arrested a 26-year-old Nigerian national, who was a proclaimed offender in an earlier narcotics case, and recovered 8.43 grams of amphetamine from his possession, officials said on Friday.
The arrest was made by the Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Dwarka District Police during 'Operation VISTA 1.0', a special drive launched to verify overstaying foreigners and check suspicious persons staying in hotels.
According to the officials, the Delhi Police Commissioner recently launched the operation to verify foreigners who have overstayed in the country. Following directions from Dwarka Deputy Commissioner of Police Kushal Pal Singh and under the supervision of ACP Operations Cell Subhash Malik, the Anti-Narcotics Cell was tasked with tracing overstaying foreigners and checking suspicious individuals staying in hotels across the district.
On August 11, a team of the Anti-Narcotics Cell, headed by Inspector Satish Kumar Yadav and comprising Sub Inspectors Prem Narayan, Naveen and Naveen Kumar, Head Constable Vikas, and Constables Rahul and Vinod, was deployed as part of the operation.
Based on technical surveillance and human intelligence, the police apprehended a foreign national from a hotel in Mohan Garden.
The accused was identified as Kingsley Eze, son of Eze, a resident of Anambra State, Nigeria.
During his personal search, police recovered 8.43 grams of amphetamine, classified as an intermediate quantity under the relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Following the recovery, an FIR No. 205/2026 was registered under Sections 8 and 22 of the NDPS Act at Mohan Garden Police Station in Dwarka.
During interrogation, the accused told the police that he had arrived in India in 2019 on a business visa.
Police said that further verification revealed that Kingsley Eze had been declared a proclaimed offender by a court in connection with FIR No. 940/2022, registered under Section 22 of the NDPS Act and Section 14A of the Foreigners Act at Nihal Vihar Police Station.
He was declared a proclaimed offender through a court order dated May 30, 2026, police said.
According to the police, the accused had earlier been involved in a case related to the alleged supply of heroin and had been absconding while staying at a hotel in the Mohan Garden area. His arrest came during the ongoing VISTA 1.0 operation.
The police said the recovery of amphetamine from the accused marked another step in the Dwarka District Police's campaign against narcotics, being carried out under the slogan, "Nasha par Lagam, Desh ko Salam".
Further investigation is underway to identify and trace the supplier of the seized narcotic substance and determine the wider network, if any, connected to the accused.
Source: IANS
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