DIMAPUR, AUG 1 (NPN): Dimapur police have busted an alleged interstate cocaine trafficking syndicate with links to three states and a Nigerian national, arresting five accused, including a suspected major supplier operating from Dimapur.
According to DCP (Crime) and PRO Dimapur police, the investigation uncovered an organised network that allegedly procured and distributed cocaine through commercial courier services, including DTDC Courier Services, using a structured chain of suppliers, handlers and delivery agents.
The case has been registered at West Police Station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
PRO said that during the investigation, police seized around 33 grams of suspected cocaine, which has been sent for forensic examination.
Police identified the arrested accused as Tohuka Sema alias Toka (35), alleged major cocaine supplier based in Dimapur; Yeka Awomi (30), arrested in Pune, Maharashtra; Biresh Kumar (22), arrested in Delhi; Akhtar Hussain (35), arrested in Delhi; and Swantheiba Inkah (25), alleged delivery agent involved in transporting and delivering the contraband.
Police said two other accused, believed to be operating outside Nagaland, were absconding, adding that efforts were underway to apprehend them.
PRO said that preliminary investigation indicates that the syndicate functioned in an organised manner with defined roles for procurement, payment layering, interstate transportation, courier-based delivery and distribution of cocaine.
Investigators have also uncovered interstate and international links, including the alleged involvement of a Nigerian national, PRO informed. Police said further investigation was underway to identify additional associates, financial transactions, customers and the full extent of the network.
Reiterating its commitment to dismantling organised drug trafficking syndicates, Dimapur police appealed to the public to share credible information related to narcotics trafficking, assuring that all information would be treated with strict confidentiality.
