Aryan Khan Arrested: Found links to dark web, Bitcoin, says NCB’s Sameer Wankhede
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai Director Sameer Wankhede has said that there are more suspects in connection with the Cruise ship party case.
New Delhi: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai Director Sameer Wankhede on Monday while speaking on SRK’s son Aryan Khan’s arrest said that they have found links to the dark web and Bitcoin after fresh arrests.
“We have recovered drugs in commercial quantities. The quantum of the case has become more serious, therefore we need to investigate further,” said Sameer Wankhed.
Sameer Wankhede said that there are more suspects in connection with the Cruise ship party case.
Eight persons were detained for questioning by the NCB in connection with the drug seizure on the cruise ship, according to NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede. All of the eight persons were later arrested on October 3.
Three accused including Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha were produced before Mumbai’s Esplanade Court which remanded them to NCB custody till October 4
As per the NCB, three persons have been booked under Section 8C, 20B, 27 (Punishment for consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance) and 35 (Presumption of culpable mental state) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act).
Section 8C of NDPS Act refers to prohibition to produce, manufacture, possess, sell, purchase, transport, warehouse, use, consume, import inter-State, export inter-State, import into India, export from India or tranship any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance while Section 20B deals with punishment for producing, manufacturing, possessing, selling, purchasing, transportation, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or use of cannabis.