Note to Aspiring Soccer Players: Drugs Are Not the Answer

↵↵The Nigerian national arrested with 500 gm of heroin on Saturday has told Customs sleuths that it was his love for the game of soccer that landed him in a drug-trafficking racket. On Sunday, Customs officials said the arrested footballer, Dike (30), revealed during interrogation that another Nigerian footballer Dania, who is based in Kolkata had promised him a berth at a local football club here if he carries the drugs to New Delhi.

↵↵There are other options, guys! You can probably just walk down the street and say hey, look, watch me kick this ball. I’m good at soccer. Drug muledom is not a side job you need to undertake, OK? Settled? Good.