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A Nigerian national with a prior drug conviction has been arrested in Goa for possession of amphetamine, highlighting ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking in the region.

Police have arrested a 44-year-old Nigerian national after seizing drugs valued at Rs 2 lakh from his possession in North Goa district, officials said.

The man had earlier also been arrested in a drugs case in 2017, they said.

Acting on specific intelligence, a Crime Branch team laid a trap in the early hours of Wednesday at Cunchelim in Siolim village of Bardez taluka, where the accused was expected to deliver narcotic substances, Superintendent of Police Jivba Dalvi told reporters.

Sensing the police presence, the accused, identified as Joseph Ifeanyi Ozoemena, attempted to flee but was apprehended, he said.

During the operation, the police recovered 17.58 gm of amphetamine with an estimated market value of around Rs 2 lakh from him. A scooter and a mobile phone were also seized from his possession, the official said.

The accused was booked under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Accused's Prior Drug Record

According to police, the accused has a prior record of drug-related crimes and was arrested by Goa's Anti-Narcotics Cell in 2017.

He remained in jail for seven years, and following his release in 2024, was lodged at the detention centre in Mapusa. He was later released in December 2025 following a High Court order.

Goa: Crime Branch Police arrested Nigerian national Joseph Ifeanyi Ozoemena (44) during a narcotics raid in Siolim, Bardez. Acting on specific inputs, police seized 17.58 grams of suspected amphetamine worth ₹2 lakh, along with a scooter and mobile phone. The accused, who tried… pic.twitter.com/o84ropVkJj

— IANS (@ians_india) March 25, 2026

https://m.rediff.com/amp/news/report/nigerian-national-arrested-in-goa-for-drug-possession/20260326.htm



https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3851122-nigerian-national-arrested-in-goa-a-repeat-offenders-reapprehension?amp

https://www.thegoan.net/goa-news/%EF%BB%BFrepeat-offender-held-with-drugs-in-siolim/145588.html

India should not have given him a second chance; they should have treated him the way Indonesia and Philippine would
Owobokiri Esnbrutality

Omo you no need open thread before you saby the person

IfeanyiOzoezoma didn't learn his lesson the first time.

Tinubu has a special gift. His enemies get caught for the crimes they accuse him of.

Saskay44:
Omo you no need open thread before you saby the person

watin be their gain without Magomago?

Again again ?..na wa soooooo make I dey observe our people reactions

Peterobiisathie:
India should not have given him a second chance; they should have treated him the way Indonesia and Philippine would
Owobokiri Esnbrutality

If God judge u by not giving u a million chance will u mk it.......Everyone deserves a second chance...Don't use sentiment to speak

Chai ! Nigerian again in the news , and not for something good o

No game in drug trafficking my Nigerian brothers

It 98% ends in disgrace and regret

MartinCorridon:
IfeanyiOzoezoma didn't learn his lesson the first time.

Tinubu has a special gift. His enemies get caught for the crimes they accuse him of.

When is Reno going to get caught

Before or after he gets to Mexico?

swaggerjack:
Reno Omokri: I Challenge Tinubu To Prove If He Was Not A Drug Lord In Chicago


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DLrnL6rQ6M?si=uMMUVFfetODTr4Fw

“AGAIN”
Ah let him do time
Drug trafficking is a serious crime

donleo92:
No game in drug trafficking my Nigerian brothers

It 98% ends in disgrace and regret

Are you sure?

City boy has a different story to disprove your point. Or maybe he is part of your 2%

Racoon:
Festus Keyamo Defends Tinubu From Drug Trafficking, Says Tinubu Mistakenly Shared Flats With Drug Lords

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, has distanced the All Progressive Congress presidential candidata, Bola Tinubu, from being a drug baron who was involved in the traffic of narcotics in the United States.

Keyamo, who also doubles as APC Presidential Campaign spokesperson, noted that the former governor of Lagos State only shared a block of flat with drug barons about 30 years ago in the US.

His reaction is coming following documents of a Chicago District Court indicting and convicting Tinubu of drug dealings and money laundering in 1993.

The document which emerged online two days ago, described APC standard-bearer as a drug baron, adding that Tinubu entered a plea bargain, leading to the forfeiture of his assets to US authorities in 1993

It was also pointed out that Tinubu forfeited the sum of $460, 000 dollars in his bank account at First Heritage Bank to the US government.

Speaking on Wednesday on Channels TV, Mr Keyamo dismissed such claims, insisting that Tinubu was linked to drug peddlers who were his neighbours.

He said: “What happened was that Tinubu went to open an account. The address which he used in opening the account was the address used by these people. I think some blocks of flats. Maybe, he was happy to be in that block of flats too.

“So, they now link it that the other people they were investigating for narcotics are in the same address used by Asiwaju to open that account.’’

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/?.
 
U.S. court judgement indicts Tinubu for drug trafficking

https://www.google.com/amp/s/businessday.ng/amp/news/article/u-s-court-judgement-indicts-tinubu-for-drug-trafficking/

US Court Releases Documents Linking Tinubu to Largescale Drug Peddling


https://fij.ng/article/us-court-releases-documents-linking-tinubu-to-largescale-drug-peddling/

Jaylord12:
If God judge u by not giving u a million chance will u mk it.......Everyone deserves a second chance...Don't use sentiment to speak

if he is released again he will still go back to drug peddling

Dannieln1:
“AGAIN”
Ah let him do time
Drug trafficking is a serious crime

It is apparently not a serious crime, if you are properly aligned with the Ogas at the top of Oshiomole's Assembly of Past Criminals, APC.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg_1mly5Gm8

anonimi:
When is Reno going to get caught

Before or after he gets to Mexico?

stale
Why posting this into every thread?
You well so?

Notes wonder Ohaneze was advocating for Nigerians in foreign prisons.

Okoyeeboz:
Notes wonder Ohaneze was advocating for Nigerians in foreign prisons.

if foreign prisoners are allowed to vote Peter Obi will win effortlessly before noon on the Election Day

Esnbrutality Owobokiri

Jaylord12:
If God judge u by not giving u a million chance will u mk it.......Everyone deserves a second chance...Don't use sentiment to speak

They are here. Patron saints of criminals.

Peterobiisathie:
if foreign prisoners are allowed to vote Peter Obi will win effortlessly before noon on the Election Day
Esnbrutality Owobokiri

Yes na
They prefer to go to foreign prisons than go to Heaven

Okoyeeboz:
Yes na
They prefer to go to foreign prisons than go to Heaven

expelling these people from Nigeria should be our top priority henceforth

the accused, identified as Joseph Ifeanyi Ozoemena, attempted to flee but was apprehended, he said.
How market?

Nooooooo
It is Tinubu that is d drug lord

Saskay44:
Omo you no need open thread before you saby the person

no need at all
na dem.
I repeat, na dem