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The officers - Vishwavijay Singh, who was the SP Mumbai, and Vishwanath Tiwari, who was an intelligence officer, have been dismissed by the NCB

The case was handed over to Nagpur Customs for detailed investigation, Amit Ghawate, IRS Zonal Director, NCB, Mumbai said.

Singh was handling a number of several high profile cases all related to Bollywood during his posting in the Mumbai NCB. The NCB, led by its then Mumbai head Sameer Wankhede, had on October 2, 2021, carried out a high-profile raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai harbour and arrested 20 persons, including Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan. �� VV Singh, NCB Official Who Investigated Aryan Khan Drug Case, Removed From Service.

NCB Director General Satya Narayan Pradhan has confirmed Singh’s dismissal, but Singh declined to comment.

According to the NCB, intelligence was developed which strongly indicated the presence of a wholesale manufacturer in the region.

Andre was allegedly the kingpin of the Russian drug cartel and had set up base in Goa managing a network of street peddlers.

In an intensified drive against international drug trafficking, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted a multi-drug cartel in Goa which spanned over two weeks, and arrested three persons including two Russian nationals.

"In an intensified drive against international drug trafficking, NCB-Mumbai has successfully busted a darknet-based syndicate wherein 125 MDMA tablets, commonly known as Ecstasy pills have been seized and two distributors were arrested who were operating from Mumbai. The drugs consignment was sourced from the Netherlands and was procured through the darknet market," the press release said.

NCB sleuths were monitoring the darknet for drug trafficking based on an information about Mumbai-based distributors sourcing narcotics on the internet.

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai on Saturday seized 60 grams of MDMA comprising 125 tablets and arrested two persons in this regard, officials informed on Saturday.