The man identified as Zaid is understood to be involved in the supply of narcotics like bud or curated marijuana to the high-end party circles of Mumbai.
The Narcotics Control Bureau arrested Zaid Vilatra, a drug peddler, in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.
The raids came in the wake of the arrest of two drug peddlers in Mumbai three days ago as the NCB, along with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), is striving hard to unravel the drugs mafia's connections with celebs.
One person has been arrested by the preventive wing of Air Cargo Export, Delhi Customs for allegedly smuggling 500 grams of ganja (cannabis) at the Delhi airport.
This comes even as Rhea went for a series of interviews to TV channels, just hours ahead of her questioning by the CBI, and claimed those drug deliveries mentioned in three different chat transcripts between her and others were meant for Sushant alone.
The prime accused in Sushant's death case--actress Rhea Chakraborty is being questioned about how she met him and how was her relation with him.
In the Sushant Singh Rajput case, Rhea Chakraborty is being questioned by the CBI from the past 7 hours. CBI is questioning Rhea about everything related to the actor.
Gaurav Arya, who runs a hotel in the coastal state, has been asked to depose before the central probe agency ED at its office in the Ballard Estate area of Mumbai on August 31. The summons was stuck at his property in Goa as the agency was not able to get in touch with him
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is likely to record to Rhea Chakraborty's statement as it enters the fray in the Sushant Singh Rajput death probe, investigating Rhea's use and deals in narcotic substances.
Sushant's sister Shweta Singh Kirti took to her Twitter to question why the 'criminals' have not been taken into custody yet? Her tweet came after deleted WhatsApp chats of Rhea Chakraborty about the use of drugs and sedating Sushant Singh Rajput came into the light. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday registered an NDPS case against Rhea and two others.
A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) wrote to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to look into the drug angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, the NCB registered a case on the basis of the ED communique on Wednesday. NCB will probe Rhea's relationship with the drug dealers. According to sources, NCB will investigate the call details of Rhea, Sushant and Shovik. The NCB team will interrogate the drug dealers recently caught in Mumbai and Pune.
The development comes a day after the NCB registered a case under Sections 20 (b) 28, 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act against Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik, Saha, Sushant's co-manager Shruti Modi, and Arya.
The NCB on Wednesday registered a case against actor Rhea Chakraborty and others in connection with the case. The NCB has registered the case under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, including Section 27, which specifies punishment for consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance and Section 29, which provides for punishment in case of abetment and criminal conspiracy.
Sushant Singh Rajput's father, KK Singh said on August 27 that Rhea Chakraborty is murderer.
The NCB is now the third federal investigative agency probing this case apart from the ED and the CBI. The ED, which is probing a money laundering angle into the death of Rajput, has questioned Rhea Chakraborty, and has obtained "deleted WhatsApp messages" allegedly indicating dealings in banned drugs from her phone.
While a controversy has erupted over the discrepancies in the autopsy report of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, his family lawyer and senior advocate Vikas Singh said on Tuesday that it is "pretty disturbing that the report says nothing was found in the stomach." Meanwhile, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will now investigate the drug angle in Sushant's death.
The Director-General of NCB Rakesh Asthana held a meeting to decide who will probe the drug angle in Sushant Singh Rajput case after Rhea Chakraborty's chats went viral.
The ED has registered a case of money laundering on the basis of the Bihar Police FIR on July 31 on the complaint of Sushant's father K.K. Singh. The agency has already recorded the statement of Sushant's father, his sisters Priyanka Singh, Meetu Singh in connection with the case.
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Lucknow Zonal Unit recovered 10 kg opium from a car professionally hidden in cavities of all 4 door panels in UP's Hardoi.
With heightened vigil, restructuring of drug law enforcement agencies, contraband seizures in India has doubled, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said.
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