
New Delhi, 18 January (H.S.): Delhi Police Crime Branch executed a meticulously coordinated operation across the capital on Saturday, shattering an international drug trafficking syndicate orchestrated by Nigerian nationals, with the arrest of two foreign operatives and seizure of cocaine and MDMA valued at approximately ₹5 crore.
Zero-Tolerance Raid Yields 418g Cocaine, 925 Ecstasy Pills
The WR-II team, acting on intelligence received by Head Constable Sandeep Kadiyan on December 2, 2025, regarding Frank Vitus—a prior NDPS convict resuming cocaine and MDMA distribution in South Delhi—traced the kingpin through technical and manual surveillance under DCP Harsh Indora and ACP Rajpal Dabas.
Vitus, constantly relocating between South and Southwest Delhi, was nabbed with 418 grams of cocaine and 910 MDMA tablets; a subsequent Mehrauli raid netted Sunday Otu with 15 additional ecstasy pills, exposing a Nigeria-headquartered network routing consignments via an African woman intermediary.
Syndicate's Delhi Supply Chain Unraveled
Interrogations revealed Vitus, bailed in 2024 and lured by quick profits, coordinated with Nigerian overlord Elo Chukwu for local distribution, while Otu—arrived in 2015 for garment trade but ensnared post-losses—facilitated via WhatsApp on Nigerian numbers to maintain compartmentalization.
The duo supplied Delhi and neighboring states, marking a significant disruption to the capital's psychotropic underworld.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar