The Task force police in Hyderabad on Friday arrested two Nigerian nationals for peddling narcotics in the city. 

The police seized cocaine, heroin and marijuana from their possession.

Working on a tip-off, the police arrested the accused, Okaro Cosmos Ramsey and Abraham Jacob Ukoha, from their house at Mini Gulshan Colony in Shaikpet. 

Besides 14g of cocaine and 7g of heroin, the police also seized 5.2 kg of marijuana and Rs 21,100 in cash and two cell phones from their possession.

According to a press release, one of the accused came to India on a business Visa roughly three years ago, and developed local contacts to procure the drugs from an unknown person in Pune. Generally, they used to sell Heroin and Cocaine for Rs 4,000 to Rs 6,000 per gram, and used to supply the contraband by moving around on their scooter.

According to reports, their main customers were software professionals, students and people from the film and TV industry .