Two Nigerians were arrested in connection with a credit card fraud case, while a Ugandan and a South African were arrested for selling drugs on Thursday. All four, including two women students, were staying in Yapral in Ranga Reddy district. One of the accused is pursuing mass communication in New Delhi.
Police seized nine gram of cocaine, Rs 5,000, two fake credit cards, a fake driving licence and a fake passport from their possession.
The accused are identified as Patrick Emario (29) of Uganda and Rosita Miriam Thangavalu (22) of South Africa. The other two are Samuel Kings Hedion (40) and Liatu Baraya Yelmi (28), both natives of Nigeria.
The additional deputy commissioner of police (east zone) M V Rao said Patrick came to India on an education visa in 2005. He had earlier been arrested for selling narcotics in 2007, 2010 and 2011.
As police surveillance increased on him, he convinced his friend Rosita, an LLB student at the Osmania University, to assist him in supplying cocaine to customers and offered a commission to her.
Stephen Kiya Tira Illula of Bangalore, a native of Kenya, supplied the drug to them. They would sell a gram of cocaine at around Rs 3,000. On Wednesday night, while they were selling cocaine near Big Bazar in Tarnaka, police apprehended them and seized 9 grams of Cocaine contained in 9 plastic sachets from them. The main supplier, Stephen alias Roxy, is absconding and a special team has been formed to nab him, police said.
In another case, Samuel, staying in India since 2008, would make fake credit cards by securing classified information online. He would create a fake card with the help of an encoder. He had also prepared a fake passport in the name of Thahane Timothy Justin to use it as an ID proof. By using the fake credit cards and ID proofs, he along with his fiancee Liatu Baraya Yelmi bought jewellery and other items.
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