The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai Crime Branch separately arrested two Nigerian nationals and three Indian women who were actively involved in supplying narcotic substances near schools and colleges across the city. While the Nigerians were arrested on Thursday, the Indians were arrested on Wednesday.

The ANC had received information about a cartel that supplies narcotic substances to school and college students. The Nigerian nationals arrested from Sahar village in Andheri were identified as Nducuisi Uma Aja, 23, and Nwonye Godswill Ohyekachi, 23. “We have recovered 55 grams of mephedrone (MD) from both the accused and are further probing the links - to whom the contraband was supplied and how it reaches the schools and colleges,” said Lakhmi Gautam, joint commissioner, (Crime).