A 38-year-old Nigerian was arrested here Thursday in connection with the seizure of a narcotic substance, the Narcotics Control Bureau said. Based on a tip-off, NCB officials Wednesday seized 200 gm of methamphetamine, a stimulant drug, concealed in small machine parts in a parcel, a release from the bureau said. "The parcel was booked by the arrested person to Doha in
Qatar in September. However, it was not delivered in Doha and was returned to Chennai," it said.

The release did not disclose the Nigerian's identity and where the seizure was made. The drug was sourced from another Nigerian living in Delhi, it added. 

In another incident, the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) arrested a seasoned drug peddler for allegedly selling drugs to young members of the 'phatka' gang. Sikandar Rahimbaksh Shaikh alias Sikandar Bali, 37, is also accused of selling stolen goods on the black market, theft, robbery, chain-snatching, selling MDMA (a synthetic drug) and brown sugar (an adulterated form of heroin).