A 28-year-old professional
football player from Nigeria has
been arrested on drug trafficking
charges with 105 grams of fine
quality cocaine, police said today.
Izu Chukwu Ojobo, who had
played in the Goa League
Championship in 2015, used to
get cocaine from his Nigerian
contacts in Goa and frequently
visited Delhi to deliver drugs
consignments to his clients, Joint
Commissioner of Police (Crime)
Ravindra Yadav said.
"Ojobo is a professional
footballer and, in 2015, he played
in Goa League Championship
with the United Manipur team
and also participated in Adidas
Cup in Delhi," said Yadav.
Ojobo initially went to south
Africa to earn a law degreebut
dropped out in two years and
came to India with a students
visa in 2014.
He started living in Goa and took
up football. There he came in
contact with other drug
traffickers from Nigeria, he said.
Based on a tip-off, he was
arrested on Wednesday and
booked under relevant sections
of NDPS Act, he added...
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