Mumbai-Indore Drug Route Under Scanner After Nigerian Woman Held With ₹29 Lakh Cocaine
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Indore Police will take a Nigerian woman to Mumbai to trace the network behind her alleged drug operation. She was arrested in Chandan Nagar on Sunday while travelling from Mumbai to Indore by bus with 58 grams of cocaine worth around Rs 29 lakh. Immunal Joy, who arrived in India on Aug 14 on a business visa, was remanded to five days of police custody. She claimed to…
Police have placed a Nigerian woman, Immunal Joy, under custody in Indore as part of an investigation into a drug trafficking operation that may run along the Mumbai-Indore route. Joy was apprehended in Chandan Nagar on Sunday, while travelling by bus from Mumbai to Indore with 58 grams of cocaine worth approximately Rs 29 lakh. She had entered India on August 14 with a business visa.
Police suspect that Joy may have procured the cocaine in Mumbai with the intention of reselling it in Indore at a higher price. The Additional DCP (Crime Branch), Rajesh Dandotiya, stated that her documents and technical data are being scrutinized to trace her possible contacts associated with the drug network.
The arrest of Joy is believed to be part of a broader crackdown on drug trafficking along the Mumbai-Indore corridor, which has seen a series of similar cases involving African nationals. On Saturday, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted a Kenyan woman with 547 grams of cocaine and methaqualone at Mira Road. Additionally, a Nigerian national who was allegedly supposed to receive the consignment was also apprehended.
This follows another case from November 19, 2025, when Madhya Pradesh Police arrested a Côte d'Ivoire national, Linda Anaba, who carried 31 grams of cocaine worth Rs 15 lakh while travelling from Mumbai to Indore.
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