The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) had conducted a special drive across the city and caught six foreign nationals for trafficking drugs worth Rs 4.2 lakh in total. The arrested accused are Nigerians and were arrested in three separate incidents.

The ANC officers had suspected that there might be an uptick in drug sales leading up to the Ganesh Chaturthi weekend. So, on August 13, the cops arranged for raids across the city. The first arrests were made by the Azad maidan unit in the wee hours of the morning.