The Indian Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a Nigerian, simply identified as James, on charges of smuggling narcotic substances.
The 30-year-old Nigerian was arrested on Saturday when he went to the office of a courier firm at Edayankattuvalasu for the purpose of sending a parcel to Chennai.
Police said the NCB sleuths also seized a parcel containing four kilogrammes of Indian hemp worth several lakhs from him.
A district judicial magistrate court immediately remanded him to judicial custody for 15 days.
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