Nigerian Man Arrested in India for Alleged Crystal Meth Smuggling Five Months After Being Released on Bail

On Wednesday, March 22, 2023, the Narcotics Intelligence Bureau of the CID arrested 32-year-old Nigerian man Grant Victor Ikenna for smuggling Methamphetamine (crystal meth) in Chennai, India. AD Sakkaravarthy, DSP, and his team apprehended the suspect near Chennai Central Railway Station entrance on Wall Tax Road and seized 59 gm of the drug worth ₹3.25 Lakh.

Investigations revealed that Ikenna had arrived in India on a tourist visa in 2014 that expired in 2015, yet he remained in the country. In October 2022, he was arrested by Perundurai police in Erode for overstaying his visa and released on bail. In 2019, he was arrested again in connection with smuggling of drugs to Doha, Qatar which was seized at Andheri Mumbai.

Police registered a case under Sections 8(c) r/w 22(C) of the NDPS Act, 1985 and are currently conducting further investigations. Mahesh Kumar Agarwal, ADGP, urged the public to share any information regarding illegal sale and trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances through helpline 10581 and on Whatsapp number 9498410581 or through e-mail ID: spnibcid@gmail.com.