Drugs hidden in cavities of travel bags, long train rides to Mumbai and Bengaluru, a “kitchen” used to mix drugs for sale and a hawala channel funnelling the money to Nigeria. That’s how, the Delhi Police said Wednesday, an Africa-based drug cartel was supplying methamphetamine drugs (also known as meth) from the Capital to other metropolitan cities in India.

The Delhi Police Special Cell busted the cartel and seized drugs worth Rs 100 crore in Delhi, officers said. Four persons — three from Nigeria and one from Côte d’Ivoire — were arrested for running the alleged syndicate, police said.

It all unfolded when officers received a tip-off about a woman, Ella, on November 1. She was arrested around midnight as she was caught ferrying a red trolley bag filled with meth weighing over 17 kg,

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