Nigerian drug smuggler ‘Baba Don’ arrested for the 3rd time in India Like Us On Social Media

A 50-year-old Nigerian national was arrested on

Wednesday with 1.5 kg hashish and one kg

amphetamine.Uruakpa Ahmed alias Baba Don,

claimed by Delhi Police as an international drug

smuggler, was arrested from his rented house in

Mahavir Enclave in west Delhi.

Police said]Baba Don was earlier arrested by

Customs officials in Delhi in 2002 for possessing

1.6 kg heroin. He was also arrested by the Special

Cell for possessing 865 gm cocaine in 2009.

"Three members of this international cartel

Deepak Pandey, Paramjeet Singh and Devender

Pal Singh were held on June 29. But, he

managed to give a slip,"

Ahmed, the kingpin of this gang, told police about

another Nigerian Michel, a resident of south Delhi,

who provided him the consignment of the drug

recovered from his possession.

The official said Ahmed arrived in India in 2002 on a

business visa.

"He later came in contact with his fellow

Nigerians indulging in drug trafficking and

started supplying drugs on their instances. He

worked as carrier for them," the official said.

On a tip-off, a raid was conducted on October 7 at

the rented house of Baba Don and he was arrested.

Over 1.5 kg hashish and 1 kg amphetamine has

been recovered at his instance.