NCB busts hydroponic weed manufacturing facility in Dombivli
ANI / Updated: Apr 16, 2021, 07:46 IST
weed manufacturing facility in Maharashtra s
Dombivli.
On Monday, the NCB had arrested two people and seized 310 grams of curated Hydroponic
Marijuana (buds) and Rs 1,50,000 in cash from their possession.
In another operation, the Mumbai unit of the NCB caught foreign national Onurah Samuel Mike and seized 30 grams of cocaine from him (Photo for representative purpose only)
MUMBAI: The Narcotics Control Bureau raided a flat in Dombivali in neighboring Thane district and seized cannabis being cultivated in a flat using a method in which plants are grown without using soil, also called hydroponic farming, an official said on Friday.
The drug was being cultivated a two bedroom-hall-kitchen (BHK) flat owned by one Rehan Khan, who is based in Saudi Arabia and was financing the operation, the official added. After the raid on Thursday, we have seized pH regulators, plant nutrients, clay pebbles, water pumps, air circulation systems, carbon dioxide gas cylinders, photosynthesis lighting systems etc from the flat. The hydroponic cultivation of cannabis was being done by two people identified as Javed Jahangir Shaikh and Arshad Khatri. Shaikh is an expert in this kind of farming, while K
NCB Bengaluru seizes 515 gm banned Amphetamine
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Bengaluru, April 17 : The Bengaluru zonal unit of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized 515 gm of Amphetamine, a recreational narcotic drug, valued at around Rs 20 lakh from the courier centre at the Bengaluru International Airport.
According to a statement issued by the NCB, its Bengaluru zonal unit intercepted a parcel belonging to a passenger named S. Nashath from Kasaragod in Kerala, who was sending it to Doha.
The statement added that the contraband was concealed in cricket thigh guards, hand gloves and elbow guards and the parcel was addressed to one A. Kuzhiyal in Doha.
Sahil Flacko in connection with the
Bollywood drugs case that came to the fore post actor
Sushant Singh Rajput s death.
A search operation to locate his whereabouts has been launched by the central agency.
Sahil Flacko alias Sahil Shah is a resident of
Mumbai and allegedly runs an international drug trafficking network, an NCB official said. Sahil is suspected to be involved in the drugs case linked to late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, he added.
Sahil s name cropped up during the investigation into the case and it was found that he provided drugs for the actor on several occasions.
On Monday, the NCB arrested two drug peddlers from Mumbai related to the drugs nexus in the film industry after conducting raids at multiple locations across the city.
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Mumbai-based couple Oniba and Sharique Qureshi, who was sentenced to 10 years in jail in a drug case in Qatar in 2019, returned to the city on Thursday with their minor daughter. A Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official said the couple landed at the Mumbai airport at 2.30 am. The couple had been cleared of all charges after it came to light that a relative planted narcotics in their bag without their knowledge.