A Nigerian drug convict, John Okoro, who fled from police custody in India last Monday, has been re-arrested.
Mr. Okoro, 35, was re-arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai police.
ANC sources told The Times of India that Mr. Okoro was arrested from the Navi Mumbai area, from where he was planning to flee to Mangalore by a private bus.
Police sources said Mr. Okoro, who resided in Koparkhairane in Navi Mumbai, was arrested in 2014 in a drug case.
The court convicted him for a three-year jail term. He was sent to Nashik central prison after conviction.
Mr. Okoro was released from jail on December 31 and was to be deported to Nigeria. He was brought to the ANC’s Azad Maidan lock up and kept on the first floor. He was due to be deported on the day he fled.
