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Nigerian drug peddler, John Okoro, who had served a prison term and was
a few hours from being deported has made a daring escape from the
Anti-Narcotics Cell’s custody.
Mumbai Mirror reports that Okoro,
35, had sought permission to step out of the detention room on the first
floor of the agency’s Azad Maidan office around 2am Wednesday, saying
he wanted to use the toilet, and then jumped from the balcony. He
crashed through the asbestos roof and fled on foot.
The
constable guarding him also leaped from the balcony in a desperate
attempt to nab him, but ended up injured. He is recovering at the
Nagpada police hospital.
The Anti-Narcotics Cell’s Azad Maidan
office is barely 15 feet from the local police station. The office
shares a wall with the police station’s detection room. The Esplanade
court is in the same compound.
An alert has been issued for
Okoro, who was convicted for trying to selling banned substances in 2014
and recently completed his jail term.
Before his conviction, the
35-year-old Nigerian lived in Koparkhairane, Navi Mumbai. After his
prison sentence ended, he was placed under the ANC’s custody on December
31 and he was due to be deported on Monday afternoon.
“Around 2
am, Okoro told the constable on guard that he wanted to visit the
washroom. He was being taken there when he jumped from the balcony. He
landed on the asbestos roof, which immediately gave away,” a police
officer said, adding “he ran in the directions of Mahapalika Marg.”
Another
officer said a manhunt had been launched and the Anti-Narcotics Cell
had asked informers to be on the lookout for Okoro last seen wearing a
blue shirt, blue jeans and slippers.
Fresh charges over his daring escape have been registered at the Azad Maidan police again.
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