GHANA DRUG PEDDLER KILLED IN SCUFFLE WITH GGN COPS
His accomplice arrested; large cache of cocaine worth Rs 55 lakh seized
GURUGRAM: An alleged drug-peddler from Ghana identified as Charles Michels was killed when his pistol went off accidentally during a scuffle with the police team of Gurugram and Faridabad in the wee hours on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Charles Michael. His accomplice, Inchiku Ehanacho, a Nigerian national has been arrested. The police claim to have seized a revolver, two live cartridges and large cache of cocaine worth Rs 55 lakh from them. An amount of Rs 20,000 was also recovered from his possession.
According to the police officials, the duo who used to live in the Greenfield Colony was actively involved in supplying drugs to various clients in Gurugram. They used to be also spotted in various nightclubs of the city that resulted in the Gurugram police trying to get hold of them. The Sector-17 Crime Branch team of Gurugram Police, led by Inspector Narender Chauhan, informed their Faridabad counterparts in Sector-30 on Friday around 2 am that they were chasing two drug-peddlers who were headed towards Faridabad. The Sector-30 Crime Branch team from Faridabad placed barricades on the road and flagged down a cab on suspicion. The police found that Charles and Inchiku were inside the cab. While Inchiku was overpowered by the police, Charles managed to get off the cab and ran towards the bushes while firing at the police team.
The police team chased Charles, but his own pistol went off while he was being overpowered and a bullet hit him. He was taken to Asian Hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. The case has been registered at the Surajkund police station.
Meanwhile, the law enforcement officials from Gurugram and Faridabad have now begun investigations of the clients whom they used to supply drugs to. Sources in the police also claim that they may be part of a larger gang of the drug cartel that may be operating in areas of South Delhi and Gurugram.
Further information on Charles reveals that he used to live as a tenant in room number 2821 in Greenfield colony. However, as his criminal activities were more restricted to Gurugram, he used to hardly stay at the rented accommodation as claimed by the neighbours. This is not for the first time when a foreign national has been arrested by the police for supplying drugs. In June, a person from Afghanistan was arrested for selling drugs in the nightclubs of Gurugram.