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Eventually he developed his own network and started smuggling heroin independently, the officer added. Osondu was lured by another Nigerian national for smuggling and he acted as his drug carrier for six months. They have been visiting India frequently on a medical visa, Kushwah said.Osondu told the police that he used to get consignments from the two Afghan nationals. He further supplied the drug to other countries, including Canada, England, France and South Africa through courier companies, the officer said.He arrived in India in 2014 on a business visa for a period of six months, but did not return to his country even after the stipulated time. Esmatullah and Khalilullah used to bring heroin from Afghanistan, and hand over the consignment to Nigerian nationals, one of them was Osondu, the DCP said.The two accused said they used to bring consignments in their stomach by swallowing heroin-filled capsules and sometimes carried them in secret cavities of their bags by air, the senior officer said.The two Afghan nationals have already supplied more than 100 kg of heroin in Delhi in the last two years and had brought in 15-kg heroin last time..