The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the wee hours of Saturday night, January 2, detained a Tollywood actor from a hotel in Mira Road, Mumbai in connection with a drugs case.
The raid was conducted after the police arrested an executive working at a multinational company at Gurunanak Marg, near Bandra railway station on Saturday, January 2. At the raid, the cops had recovered 400 grams of mephedrone (MD) from the suspect named Chand Mohammed Shaikh (27) which is worth INR 10 lakh. The Bandra resident was nabbed with the substance in his two-wheeler.
According to media reports, the 27-year-old suspect was interrogated and he revealed that he had procured the drugs from a dealer named Saeed. The report added that this man from Bhayandar area in Mumbai is a history-sheeter and is likely a major drug supplier in the western suburbs of the metropolitan.
Based upon the information given, the officials raided the Crown Business Hotel near Golden Nest Circle in Bhayander (East), where they nabbed the actor, believing it to be the place where Saeed was currently staying at. However, the man managed to give a slip to the police, reports suggested.
When the officials reached the room where Saeed was allegedly in, they only found an actress there. She has been detained by the drug control authority and is being interrogated at present. The police also found some substances from the room which are believed to be drugs and are being tested by the officials.
In a press release, NCB said that drug supplier Saeed is still absconding. He was also involved with the Tollywood actress in the drug trade. The hotel owners were also questioned in connection with the case.
On the other hand, a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against Chand Mohammed Shaikh as per the statement given by Sameer Wankhede, NCB’s Zonal Director.
Further investigation is underway and NCB is searching for another suspect who is apparently the supplier of the prime accuse.
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