International drug racket busted in Andhra Pradesh, two arrested

An international drug racket was busted here on Wednesday with the arrest of two drug peddlers, including a Nigerian national and seizure of about 35 grams of cocaine from their possession. Accused Okoro Mathias Chukwudi alias Williams of Nigeria and Durga Prasad, a native of East Godavari district, were nabbed when the duo were planning to sell the narcotics to customers in posh Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills areas, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma told reporters. Williams, who arrived in Mumbai on a business visa in August, came in contact with James, a Ghana national, who is a drug peddler in Mumbai and procured the cocaine from him, Sharma said.