Bengaluru city police have arrested two Nigerian nationals for allegedly selling drugs near a college in Chamarajpet.
Police sources said they received a tip-off that two persons were selling drugs to students and some others behind a college in Chamarajpet. The police arrived at the location and seized 260 gram cocaine and 30 gram ecstasy pills, worth Rs 30 lakh. They also confiscated a white Honda Activa from the suspects.
The arrested are aged 25 and 37 years and have been living in Bengaluru near a college in Hesaraghatta. While one has been in the city for about a year, the other moved to Bengaluru just three months ago. They are on a student visa.
Police said that the duo had been caught for the first time. A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at the Kempegowda Nagar police station.