The Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TGANB) caught three persons who were involved in money laundering and facilitating Nigerian drug traffickers.

Arrested men identified as Uttam Singh, Raju Singh and Mahendar Prajapathy. The police seized Rs 49.65 lakh from them.

On information, the TGANB team kept a watch at two places in Goa and finally managed to nab the trio along with the cash. ‘The trio was helping the Nigerian drug traffickers and their local agents in sending the money from India to African countries through the hawala route. The hawala operators had sent crores of rupees of drug proceeds,’ said an official of TGANB.

A few days ago, the TGANB had arrested one Nigerian national, Emanuel, who was allegedly involved in drug trafficking in India and found that he had sent huge amounts of money through hawala channels to Nigeria.