A Nigerian national living with an expired visa has been nabbed with crystal meth from northeast Delhi during a midnight raid.

On further inspection, the teams also recovered cocaine from the
accused, Ikenna’s house. He was arrested with 10 grams of crystal meth
brought from Mumbai. He was subsequently taken to his house in
Kardampuri in Jyoti Nagar where 18 grams of cocaine was also recovered.

DCP (northeast) Atul Kumar Thakur said on Sunday, April 14, that they
were tipped off about Ikenna, who has been residing in India without a
visa since 2013 and had entered the country initially as a professional
football player.

A team led by ACP Gokulpuri Anuj Kumar nabbed him while he was on his
way to a party where he was about to sell the contraband. Later, when
the officers reached his house, they found more drugs.

Ikenna interrogation revealed an inter-state racket involving
smuggling of party drugs. He told the cops that he was the third person
in the chain of suppliers and was getting the crystal meth from his
source in Mumbai.

The 40-year-old man said he had come to India to make a career as a
professional footballer and also played in the lower divisions for clubs
in Haryana and West Bengal. When his football career stuttered, he came
in contact with smugglers. Every month, Ikenna would go to Mumbai and
meet his source, Angel. He would then bring the contraband to Delhi.

The group was primarily catering to college students in various
Universities across Delhi-NCR. Ikenna would go to parties and music
events and contact his customers. Cops said he would only give the drugs
to his trusted customers.

To further ensure their cover, the gang contacted their customers
through fake social media handles where they updated them about the
fresh consignment. The investigating teams are further probing other
members of the racket.