A 35-year-old Nigerian man identified Chikuameka Emmanuel Envonko was reportedly arrested in Mumbai, India for alleged possession of 500 grams of cocaine.

Local media reports that an official from the Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC) confirmed the arrest on Wednesday.

WuzupNigeria gathered that the 500 grams of cocaine are said to be worth Rs 1.5 crore, which is around N78.6 million.

A team from the Azad Maidan unit of the ANC nabbed Chikuameka Emmanuel Envonko from Agripada locality in the early hours of the day, the official said.

Based on a tip-off, a trap was laid near a civic school and the accused was apprehended when he came to deliver 500 gm of cocaine worth Rs 1.5 crore, he said.

The accused, a resident of Juhi Nagar area of Navi Mumbai, has been booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Foreign National Act, the official added.