ACTOR ARMAAN KOHLI IN NCB CUSTODY FOR ONE DAY
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor and former Bigg Boss contestant Armaan Kohli, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drug case, was remanded in the agency’s custody for a day by a local court on Sunday afternoon. NCB claimed that they have seized more than one gram of cocaine from the actor’s house during the raid.
NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede led the raid at the actor’s bungalow situated in Vikas Park society at Juhu, on Saturday. The search started around 2pm and went on for six hours, during which a small quantity of cocaine was allegedly seized from his house. The raid was part of the agency’s ‘Rolling Thunder’ operation to bust the network of drug peddlers and suppliers in Mumbai, said Wankhede.
NCB said on Sunday that in accordance with its zero-tolerance policy against drug trafficking in Mumbai, a major drug peddler, Ajay Raju Singh, was intercepted near Haji Ali and 25 grams of MD (mephedrone) was allegedly recovered from him. Singh is a history sheeter and a huge quantity of ephedrine was recovered from him by the antinarcotics cell (ANC) in 2018, an NCB officer said. Singh supplied drugs to high-profile people, including those in Bollywood, said the officer. “We have been questioning him and scrutinising his call records to get more details about his drug connection,” added the officer.
The raid was based on Singh’s statement, the officer said. Kohli was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Under the Rolling Thunder drive, the agency has carried out 15 raids in the past two days and arrested eight people.