Navi Mumbai Crime: 41-Year-Old Nigerian National Arrested With Drugs Worth ₹3.57 Crore In Taloja
Navi Mumbai, October 9, 2026: A Nigerian national who spent seven years in prison in a narcotics case and was released on bail in 2025 has been arrested again by the Navi Mumbai Police with drugs worth Rs 3.57 crore, barely months after his release. The 41-year-old accused, Ani Ikechukwu Darlington, was arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Cell from Taloja on October 8, with 2.497 kg of mephedrone (MD)…
In Navi Mumbai, on October 9, 2026, a Nigerian national named Ani Ikechukwu Darlington, who is 41 years old, has been apprehended by the police with narcotics worth ₹3.57 crore. Darlington was released from prison in 2025 after serving seven years in a previous narcotics-related case. He was arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Cell from Taloja on October 8, with 2.497 kg of mephedrone and 566 grams of cocaine found in his possession and at his residence.
Darlington was previously booked by the Narcotics Control Bureau in 2019 and had received bail in 2025. The police used information from an informant to set a trap and arrest him. They recovered more drugs, totaling 3.57 crore rupees, during the search of his residence. Darlington faces fresh charges under the NDPS Act, and the police are investigating the source of the drugs and potential accomplices.
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