Cruise Drug Case: NCB’s Vigilance Probe Nears Completion
Cruise Drug Case: NCB’s vigilance probe nears completion, three officers from Mumbai summoned to Delhi.
The investigation into the busted drug case on the cruise liner is nearing completion. The vigilance probe by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is in its final stages, officials said on Thursday.
The case involved the arrest of actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan and many others. All the arrested accused including Aryan Khan are out on bail.
Sameer Wankhede was called to Delhi.
NCB’s vigilance team led by NCB Deputy Director General (North) Dnyaneshwar Singh has called three officers from Mumbai to Delhi for questioning.
These include investigating officer Ashish Ranjan Prasad, VV Singh, and Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede. Wankhede’s tenure with the Anti-Narcotics Agency ended earlier this year.
Earlier also, the vigilance team of NCB had questioned Wankhede, Ranjan, and Singh. Officials said this is the last time they will be investigated.
The NCB had ordered a vigilance inquiry after witness Kiran Gosavi’s bodyguard Prabhakar Cell leveled corruption allegations against Gosavi and Sameer Wankhede.
Drugs worth Rs 1 crore were seized by Mumbai Narcotics Cell, Nigerian smugglers arrested.
Mumbai Crime Branch’s Anti Narcotics Cell officials on Thursday arrested a Nigerian drug smuggler from Mumbai’s Andheri area with 407 grams of cocaine.
The Narcotics Cell official had received information that a group of Nigerians was coming to Mumbai to sell drugs.
The value of recovered cocaine in the international market is around Rs 1 crore (Rs 1,22,10,000).
The Narcotics Cell official had received information that a group of Nigerians was coming to Mumbai to sell drugs.
The accused peddler was produced in the court on Thursday where the court remanded him to police custody.
It is worth noting that a few days ago, 6 units of Mumbai Crime Branch, taking big action, arrested 4 people red-handed with 24 kg of charas.
The arrest took place near Dahisar Checknaka in Mumbai. According to information received from Mumbai Crime Branch, these medicines were being brought from Rajasthan to Mumbai by road.
The value of the seized narcotics was said to be Rs 1.44 crore.
