<p class="title">A Nigerian national has been arrested with cocaine worth around Rs 1.50 crore here in Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accused, Diata Gerome, was apprehended from Nalla Sopara on Wednesday afternoon, Palghar district police PRO Hemant Katkar said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During a body search, the 31-year-old Nigerian was allegedly found in possession of 1.496 kgs of cocaine worth around Rs 1.50 crore, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His accomplice, identified as Obashi Paul Obagana, escaped from the spot and efforts are on to nab him, Katkar said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gerome has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, he added. </p>
<p class="title">A Nigerian national has been arrested with cocaine worth around Rs 1.50 crore here in Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accused, Diata Gerome, was apprehended from Nalla Sopara on Wednesday afternoon, Palghar district police PRO Hemant Katkar said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During a body search, the 31-year-old Nigerian was allegedly found in possession of 1.496 kgs of cocaine worth around Rs 1.50 crore, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His accomplice, identified as Obashi Paul Obagana, escaped from the spot and efforts are on to nab him, Katkar said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gerome has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, he added. </p>