A 39-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested by the police in Palghar district after the cops recovered cocaine valued at Rs 3 lakh, as announced by an official on Saturday.

Senior Inspector Pramod Badakh of Mira Bhayander Vasai-Virar Police's Crime Unit 3 told PTI that they had received a credible tip-off and acting on it, they intercepted Yao Amed Raymond, the Nigerian individual, at Hanuman Nagar in Nalasopara on Thursday night. A subsequent search revealed that he possessed of 30 grams of cocaine, with an estimated street value of about Rs 3 lakh