Ghana man arrested at India airport with cocaine

New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) A 32-year-old man from Ghana was arrested from Indira Gandhi International airport here allegedly with 200 grams of cocaine with street value of around Rs two crore, police said today.

Paul Dika Acquah was apprehended last Friday from the airport parking soon after he came from Mumbai, Sanjay Bhatia, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said. "The cocaine was concealed in two polythene packets and was kept in the sole of his shoe," Bhatia said. Acquah had come to to India in October 2010 on a business visa and started exporting clothes from Mumbai. "After some time, he travelled back to his country and returned to India in November, 2010. He again started dealing in garments and shoes. He visited Tiripur in Tamil Nadu and Mumbai for business purpose. In Mumbai, he came in contact with another Ghana national Timoti.

"Timoti introduced Acquah to drug trafficking trade. He started carrying drugs for Timoti to various places. Later he went back to Ghana and returned again to India last month via Johannesburg as he was denied Indian visa from Ghana," Bhatia said.

Acquah had managed to get visa from South Africa.

This is the fourth case of Crime Branch related to recovery of cocaine this year. On January eight, a 36-year-old South African national was arrested in south Delhi allegedly with 40 grams of cocaine worth around Rs 40 lakh while on January three, a 28-year-old Nigerian national was arrested from V3S Mall on east Delhi's Vikas Marg. On New Year eve, another Nigerian national was apprehended with 175 grams of cocaine worth Rs 1.75 crore in the international market.