A case has been registered against them under the NDPS Act after which all of them were sent to police custody till May 6.
The Indian Police on Thursday said it arrested a Nigerian national and four Indians for allegedly selling drugs in Maharashtra's Mumbai.
Mumbai's Dindoshi Police which disclosed this in a statement revealed that narcotics with an estimated value of Rs 32 lakh (about N18 million) in the international market were seized from their possession, ANI News Agency reports.
The arrested persons were identified as Suraj Habib Sheikh, Zaheer Wahabuddin Qureshi, Riyaz Nasir Ali Sayyad and Sunday John Ambaze, who is a Nigerian national, the police said.
A case has been registered against them under the NDPS Act after which all of them were sent to police custody till May 6.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.
Earlier, in another incident on April 22, an alleged drug peddler was arrested and drugs valued at Rs 5 lakh (about N2.8 million) were seized from his possession in Goregaon.
Mumbai's Dindoshi Police said that the drug peddler had been identified as Sashikant Jagtab (31). He was arrested from MHB Colony in Goregaon.
The seized drugs are valued at Rs 5 lakh in the international market, the police had said.
While patrolling, the police noticed a suspicious person, who started running. But the police captured the accused. Upon searching him, the police found MD drugs in his possession.
The police have also registered a case against the accused under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act.
The accused was presented in a court which sent him to judicial custody.