Two held in Pune for possession of 27g cocaine

PUNE: The Cantonment police arrested two men, including a Nigerian national, for possessing 27g of cocaine from Synagogue Street in Camp at 3am on Saturday.
The police seized the cocaine and two cars, worth Rs 15.29 lakh, from their possession. Police also seized their cellphones. A team headed by senior police inspector Ashok Kadam and sub-inspectors Akshay Sonawane and Nileshkumar Mahadik arrested the duo after spotting them moving suspiciously on the Synagogue Street.The team was patrolling the area when they stumbled upon the two parked cars and the two men sitting in one of them.
While searching the cars, the police found the cocaine.
Kadam said, “The Nigerian national, who resides in Nala Sopara, had brought the cocaine to Pune. He contacted who is a resident of Nana Peth and a builder, and then they started looking for customers for the contrabands and they reached the Camp area.” Police were verifying the stay of the Nigerian national in India and how he reached India using which visa, with their Mumbai and Palghar counterparts.