Nigerian Deported After Being Caught For Drug Peddling In Hyderabad | World News

Hyderabad Police have arrested a Nigerian for drug dealing and deported him to prevent him from being involved in undesirable activities detrimental to national security.

Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) arrested a Nigerian national identified as onuorah Solomon Chibueze (46), who was found to be illegally overstaying in India.

Deputy Commissioner of Police YVS Sudheendra (Task Force/H-NEW) said the Nigerian was deported on Thursday.

Police investigation revealed that Solomon came to India in 2014 on a medical visa. He landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi and worked in a restaurant in the national capital for three years. It was also exporting clothes to Nigeria. He later moved to Bengaluru where he joined another restaurant and worked there until he moved to Hyderabad.

He came to Hyderabad in September 2024 and started living in a rented house in Attapur area. The DCP said that to earn easy money and live a luxurious lifestyle, he procured marijuana from Pune and Mumbai and sold it at higher prices to consumers in Hyderabad.

He was arrested when he was caught wandering suspiciously within the limits of Toli Chowki Police Station. During interrogation, he could not provide any proper explanation or valid documents regarding his stay in Hyderabad. After a thorough investigation, he admitted that he did not have a valid visa or passport and overstayed in India even after they expired.

The Nigerian’s visa expired in September 2014 and his passport expired in 2016. Since then he had been staying in India illegally, associating with drug dealers and engaging in illegal activities.

H-NEW initiated the deportation process with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Hyderabad. His emergency travel document was obtained from the Nigerian High Commission in New Delhi as both his passport and visa had expired. Exit clearance was also obtained from FRRO in Hyderabad and the travel ticket was purchased from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad.

A team from H-NEW, led by Inspector GS Daniel, escorted the foreigner and deported him to his home country.

Police have recently found that some foreigners who came to India from various countries on medical, student or business visas did not return even after their passports and visas expired and instead were involved in illegal activities such as transportation, supply and sale of various types of drugs in India.

H-NEW urged the people of Hyderabad to avoid substance abuse and advised parents to monitor the activities of their children to ensure that they do not fall into the trap of drugs.