By Raju Vernekar
Mumbai, October 16:
The Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) raided a hide out at Boisar in Palghar district near Mumbai and seized drugs, including cocaine, PCB and Mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 9 crore and arrested two drug peddlers on Thursday.
The seized drugs included 1 kg cocaine, 2 kgs of PCB and 16 kgs of Mephedrone, NCB. joint director Sameer Wankhede said adding that based on the information provided by the arrested peddlers, the raids will continue.
Heroin seized
” The Bengaluru Police, had information that Alva is at the residence of Vivek Oberoi. So a court warrant was obtained and the Crime Branch team visited his house, a Mumbai Police officer said.
The Sandalwood drugs case was exposed by Kannada filmmaker Indrajit Lankesh. Aditya Alva, along with Shivaprakash Chuppi and Sheik Faazil, have been missing ever since the police launched a crackdown against drug peddlers, suppliers and rave party organisers. So far, 12 people have been arrested by the Bengaluu Police in the matter. Actresses like Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani are under judicial custody. On the other hand, the NCB has raided many houses in Bengaluru including Aditya’s house.
For the last few months, the Hindi film industry has been under the scanner of the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI). Ever since Sushant Singh Rajput’s ex-girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty was arrested in a drugs case, CBI started an investigation and names of celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan and Rakul Preet Singh’s cropped up in the alleged drug nexus of Bollywood.
