Overview
- Crime Branch teams arrested Nigerian nationals Frank Vitus Ume and Sunday Otuu in coordinated raids across Delhi following an intelligence tip-off on December 2, 2025.
- Officers recovered 418 grams of cocaine and 925 MDMA tablets, with a street value near ₹5 crore, and seized 15 ecstasy tablets from Otuu’s Mehrauli residence.
- Investigators say WhatsApp data analysis led from Ume to Otuu and revealed the use of foreign-registered numbers to avoid direct contact between suppliers.
- Police state the syndicate used intermediaries in Delhi, including a foreign woman, and that the suspected kingpin operates from Nigeria.
- An NDPS case has been registered as probes continue into supply routes and local links; Ume was previously arrested by the NCB in 2015 and has been on bail since 2024.