In two separate raids in the city, Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths arrested five Nigerian nationals on the charge of selling banned substances on Saturday.
On a tip-off, the police raided a rented house at Ramamurthy Nagar and arrested Udogala Augustine Arinze (29), Ebuka Emmanuel(37) and Peter Nwabunwanne (26).
In another raid conducted on a house at Hennur, the police arrested Zago Constant (32) and Ebele Ifekwu Ufearoh (53). The police have seized cocaine, 17 mobile phones, a pen drive, four passports, two bikes, all worth Rs 18 lakh, from the arrested. The police are ascertaining if the suspects have been overstaying in the city.
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