Bengaluru, Aug. 20 -- Bengaluru Police today arrested two foreign nationals, including a Congo citizen who had acted as a drug peddler in the Kannada film Bheema, for allegedly running a narcotics racket in the city.

Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said the Electronic City police, acting on a tip-off, nabbed Joel Kabong of Congo and Joy Sunday of Nigeria while they attempted to sell drugs near Mahalaxmi Layout. About 2.15 kg of MDMA valued at Rs 5 crore was seized from them. Two others are absconding.

Joel had come to India in 2013 and Joy in 2022 on student visas, but neither enrolled in college. They later settled in Bengaluru and took to drug trafficking for easy money. Police said Joy procured narcotics from Delhi and sold th...