Cocaine ring: Nigerian woman arrested by Chennai Police
The arrested person was identified as Sarah Kumama. She also went by the names Happiness and Blessings, police said.
Sarah Kumama
CHENNAI: In continuation of their bust of a cocaine ring since January in which 24 persons have been arrested so far, Choolaimedu police, on Thursday, arrested a Nigerian woman (41) from Bengaluru for being part of the cocaine supply ring, which sold the drug to peddlers in the city. The arrested person was identified as Sarah Kumama, also known as Happiness and Blessings, police said.
Sarah went into hiding after some of her associates got arrested by the city police early this year and was picked up on Thursday.
In March this year, Ebere Moses Obogodo (30), a Nigerian, was picked up from Bengaluru by a joint team of ANIU (anti-narcotics intelligence unit) and Choolaimedu Police. Another Nigerian, Eko Nathanial Chibuzor, was picked up from Mumbai a week before Moses was arrested. Subsequently, 16 more people were arrested before these two were arrested.
The first arrest in this case was made on January 25, in which Fayaz Ahmed (31) of Royapettah and S Chandrasekar (35) of Koyambedu were arrested after they were caught with cocaine by a joint team of ANIU (anti narcotics intelligence unit) and Choolaimedu police. Fayaz has a pending murder case too, police said.
The accused list also includes Julian Dishan, a 33-year-old DJ, and the manager of the Thief bar in Nungambakkam, M Arunraj (29), who were distributing to customers at the bar, according to the police. With Sarah’s arrest, the ANIU team has arrested 25 people, including four youths under 21 years of age.
Police have so far recovered 65 gm of cocaine, 1.7 kg of ganja, two gm of ganja oil, four gm of OG ganja, 20 mobile phones, three two-wheelers, three cars, and two weighing machines from the accused.