{"id":79872,"date":"2025-12-09T08:50:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T08:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=79872"},"modified":"2025-12-09T08:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T08:50:01","slug":"india-deports-32-nigerians-linked-to-drug-and-hawala-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/09\/india-deports-32-nigerians-linked-to-drug-and-hawala-network\/","title":{"rendered":"India Deports 32 Nigerians Linked to Drug and Hawala Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado<\/p>\n<p>Indian authorities have deported 32 Nigerian nationals connected to a transnational drug trafficking and hawala network, following the arrest of about 50 suspects in a coordinated multi-state narcotics operation.<\/p>\n<p>The raids, among India\u2019s largest recent crackdowns on foreign-run syndicates, targeted cities including New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators traced the network to a Nigeria-based kingpin known as \u201cNick,\u201d wanted in multiple drug-trafficking cases.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the arrested Nigerians were working under Nick, operating a sprawling supply chain and money-laundering network.<\/p>\n<p>Companies and businesses in sectors like publishing, footwear, and apparel were allegedly used to move illicit funds, with one publisher reportedly laundering about Rs 20 lakh to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Less than ten days after the arrests, 32 suspects were deported on priority, while seven others face prosecution following narcotics recoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said remaining suspects could also be deported after legal processes are completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Indian authorities have deported 32 Nigerian nationals connected to a transnational drug trafficking and hawala network, following the arrest of about 50 suspects in a coordinated multi-state narcotics operation. The raids, among India\u2019s largest recent crackdowns on foreign-run syndicates, targeted cities including New Delhi. Investigators traced the network to a Nigeria-based kingpin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":79873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,182],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-79872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-defence-and-security","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79874,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79872\/revisions\/79874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}