Photos: Two Nigerian businessmen and a woman arrested in India for drug peddling

Two Nigerian businessmen and a Indian woman were arrested on Sunday, March 18, in Hyderabad on the charge of drug peddling.

Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house at Puppalguda and seized 80gm of cocaine worth Rs 4 lakh from the three.

The three are identified as Emmanuel Umudu (43) Idu Pius (45) and Emmanuel's wife, Leela Shiva Kumar, a finance consultant.

Emmanuel and Iduh had migrated to India on business visas and had been allegedly involved in the clandestine business by selling drugs like cocaine to people for Rs 4000 to Rs 5000 per gram.

Emmanuel married Leela, a native of Mumbai last December and later they shifted to Hyderabad.

Some cell phones and a weighing machine among others were also recovered.