India, Oct. 31 -- Gurugram Police on Thursday arrested a 38-year-old Ivory Coast national with 4.86 grams of cocaine near the Sector 17/18 turn, with the cops finding a previous case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act registered against him in Ambala, officials said.

The accused, a resident of Noida Sector 55, was arrested by the Gurugram Sector 17 crime branch team on October 29. Police also seized a scooter from his possession, officials said in a statement on Friday.

According to police, a case was registered against him under the NDPS Act at the Sector 17/18 police station following the recovery.

During questioning, the accused told investigators that he had arrived in India on a tourist visa in 2021 an...