Drug peddler linked to SSR probe arrested in Goa
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Actor Sushant Singh Rajput. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, March 8 : Three persons, including one Maharaj Shah, who is allegedly linked to the drug probe following the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput last year, have been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau officials in Goa, an official said on Monday.
Two foreign nationals, residing in the North Goa coastal belt have also been arrested, the NCB official said. We have arrested one Maharaj Shah from Miramar in Panaji and two foreign nationals as part of our raids, the official said, adding that large quantities of drugs have also been seized as part of the Bureau s operation.
Following the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput last year, the public and probe agencies attention has been drawn to the menace of drugs prevailing in the.
Sushant Singh Rajput death case probe: NCB arrests drug peddler in Goa
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The NCB raided the premises of the accused, Hemant Saha, at Morjim in North Goa district and recovered 15 blots of LSD (commercial quantity) and 30 gm charas, NCB s zonal director Sameer Wankhede said in a release.
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The NCB began probing the alleged use of drugs in some quarters in Bollywood after the death of Rajput (34) in June last year.
The Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested a Goa-based man who allegedly had links with the accused in a drugs case related to actor Sushant Singh Rajput s death, an NCB official said on Monday.
The Narcotics Control Bureau said that it has arrested three persons from Mumbai and Goa, including two foreign nationals who provided drugs to Sushant Singh Rajput. The NCB also said that it has seized several kinds of drugs from them.