Cops on the lookoutfor SA drug

HYDERABAD: After the arrest of Nigerian drug pedlar Chima Clement alias Victor on Thursday, the city police are on the lookout for a South African by name Ethle.
Clement, who was caught red-handed selling cocaine to Ravi Teja's brothers Raghu Babu and Bharat reportedly told his interrogators that it was Ethle who got him into drug peddling at a time when he was illegally staying in the city.
Clement said that he came to Hyderabad in 2008 with the clear intention of pursuing higher studies. But for some unknown reason, he failed to get admission in a college of his choice. In the meantime, his visa expired and he overstayed in the city illegally.
In his confession to the police, Clement said that he used to survive on money borrowed from friends. At a time when he thought he had reached come to a dead end, he met Ethle who offered him a few packets of white powder for delivery to some persons. Soon he found himself in the lucrative business of drug peddling. He used to sell one gram of cocaine for Rs 1,000- 2,000.
Raghu Babu and Bharat, in their respective confessions to the police, said that they were in the habit of pub-hopping. During one of their late night jaunts, they were offered a cocaine snort. They liked it and soon became habituated. Clement used to supply coke to them on a regular basis for the past three months.
A senior police officer said that a manhunt has been launched for Ethle who appears to be one of the main suppliers of cocaine to small time pedlars like Clement and also to some exclusive clientele. "We are expecting that his arrest would give us deeper insight into the drug racket in the city," he said.