Disaster manager turns drug peddler

Nigerian national came to India in 2003 and was first arrested in 2006

Nigerian national came to India in 2003 and was first arrested in 2006

Dinebari Debari alias Daniel, a Nigerian national, did his education in managing disasters. However, it all turned on its head when Debari proved a disaster himself for the society at large.


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The Nigerian student had come to India in 2003 to pursue further studies in India and planned to do a correspondence course at Annamalai University. He went to one of the varsity centres in New Delhi and asked for the course details. He returned to Nigeria and then again came to India three years later in 2006.

However, from a student seeking opportunities in higher education, Dinebari had turned into a drug peddler by now. He was arrested by the Delhi Police and was sent to jail for two years. After being freed in 2008, the Nigerian national has been arrested again with 1.011 Kg of fine quality cocaine.

"We arrested a person named Sanjeev with 4 Kg of heroin on November 3. When we traced the racket it led us to Debari. The approximate value of cocaine recovered from Debari is Rs 2 crore in the international market. We have recovered more than 5 kg cocaine from both accused which costs Rs 10 crore in the international market.
They were planning to sell the contraband in Delhi and neighbouring states. Department of Revenue Intelligence had arrested Debari with drugs in 2006. He visited India every five months after being released from the jail in 2008," said a police officer.

The sleuths are now searching for the rest of the gang members and they are interrogating the accused.
"These people might be a carrier of a gang, we are investigating the source of the cocaine and will crack the whole racket very soon," the officer added.

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