Indian authorities have arrested a 42-year-old Nigerian for allegedly supplying different kinds of hard drugs on Monday.

Samuel Uche was arrested alongside three others, Yehiram Nunes (35) from Guinea Bissau, V Lakshmi Narayana (23) from Chennai and Shaik Sadiq (21) from Nellore city.

According to reports, the police received information about the gang trying to supply drugs to Sadiq, a BCA student in Rao’s College in Nellore. Uche and his accomplices were caught red-handed while transacting the drugs.

The cops said that they have seized 600 mg of LSD, 900 mg of NDMA, 1.04 grams of cocaine and one car from them.

Explaining the entire racket, the cops said that Lakshminarayanan from Chennai learnt the process of online booking and obtaining drugs from his friend Nawaz. Lakshminarayanan used to order synthetic drugs online by accessing banned websites selling contraband by accessing ‘Darknet’, a hidden network in the internet that is accessible only by using a special TOR browser. The payment for the drugs are made through bitcoins.

Samuel Uche and Yehiram Nunes used to purchase drugs from some drug dealers in Bengaluru and supply it to students. Sadiq came into the picture after he became acquainted with other suppliers at parties in Chennai and Bengaluru.

Verifying the credentials of Uche and Nunes, cops found that they were staying in India illegally as both their visas had expired. Cases were registered under relevant sections of the NDPS Act and Foreigners Registration Act at Krishnapatnam police station against the accused.