Sushant Singh Rajput death: The 11 grams of cocaine were in 16 packages, along with 56,000 rupees in cash.
Mumbai:
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) today arrested a Bollywood makeup artist and hairdresser, along with an autorickshaw driver, for possessing 11 grams of cocaine and Rs 56,000 in cash, said to be the proceeds of the sales. of the drug.
NCB’s Mumbai Zonal Unit, in a statement, said the agency had arrested the two people from the city’s Oshiwara town on Wednesday.
“The initial investigation revealed that one of the people arrested, Suraj Godambe, is a hairstylist by profession,” according to a statement released today by NCB area chief Sameer Wankhede. Godambe, a popular makeup artist and hairstylist, has worked with some big production companies, an NCB official told PTI. He was allegedly the recipient of the shipment on Wednesday. Yadav, the supplier, is an autorickshaw driver and works on behalf of a Nigerian union, according to the statement.
The agency seized 11 grams of cocaine in 16 packages during the raid, along with an autorickshaw, near Oshiwara’s Meera Tower in Andheri West.
Being this “intermediate amount”, both defendants were arrested today. The Mumbai Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court granted NCB custody until December 16.
The NCB has been conducting searches in Mumbai since Tuesday and had previously arrested two other people, including drug dealer Rigel Mahakal and an Azam Shaikh, in connection with a drug case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. He seized “charas” worth Rs 2.5 million and Rs 13.51 lakhs of cash during these searches, PTI reported. The seizures were made at Shaikh’s Millat Nagar residence, Andheri West, and were one of the largest in recent times, according to NCB officials.
Several prominent Bollywood actors and their family members, including Deepika Padukone, Firoz Nadiadwala, and Arjun Rampal, as well as other artists, have been questioned by NCB in recent months regarding the agency’s expanding investigation of the LA cartels. drug who work in the film industry.
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