India, Dec. 19 -- A Nigerian man was arrested on Thursday after he had been absconding for over six months in a major drug case involving mephedrone (MD) worth Rs.5.6 crore. The police also seized amphetamine valued at Rs.56 lakh from his possession.

According to the Mira-Bhayander-Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police crime branch , the accused, identified as Henry Uchenna Uwakwe, had been on the run since May when police busted an illegal MD manufacturing unit operating from a residential flat in Pragati Nagar, Nalasopara. While a woman was arrested during that raid, her partner, Uwakwe, had managed to escape.

After spending several months looking for the accused, on Wednesday, police sub-inspector Mukesh Pawar received a tip-off that he was hidi...