BENGALURU: The Central Crime Branch arrested eight people, including two foreign nationals, with drugs worth Rs 6.31 crore here. The police also said that the accused had planned to sell drugs at the New Year parties.

The police had intensified surveillance for more than a month after receiving information about the possibility of drug distribution at New Year parties. In this period, the police arrested six Bengaluru and Hyderabad natives with drugs. Then it was found that they were buying drugs from Nigerian youths. The accused had rented a house in Kothanur to store the stored drugs and sell them at exorbitant prices during the New Year celebrations.