New Delhi: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested one Abdul Basit Parihar from Bandra, Mumbai. He had connection with Samuel Miranda (Rhea Chakraborty’s associate). Miranda is accused of procuring drugs on instructions of Showik Chakraborty (Rhea Chakraborty’s brother).
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) also arrested Zaid Vilatra from Mumbai in connection with the case.
Reports said the person was in direct connection with Rhea and Showik Chakraborty, seen as chief culprits in the case.
The agency last week arrested two men for alleged drug trafficking in the western metropolis and it is understood that the leads against the detained man came after questioning them.
The agency filed a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) after the Enforcement Directorate, also probing the death case of the 34-year-old actor, shared with it a report after it cloned two mobile phones of Rhea.
As per officials, the mobile phone chats and messages indicated procurement and consumption of drugs and these leads were shared by the ED with the NCB and the CBI.
The NCB, as part of a linked operation, also seized about 3.5 kgs of bud or curated marijuana from foreign post offices in Delhi and Mumbai.
Officials said the operation in Mumbai led them to a Goa-based man identified as F Ahmed who works as a driver at a prominent resort in the coastal state.
“Ahmed was supplying bud to some prominent receiver at Bangalore who has linkages with page 3 celebrities,” an NCB officer said.
“The widespread use and demand of bud in Mumbai region has jacked up the prices in the grey market and it has huge pecuniary gains in the trafficking. The sourcing of the bud is primarily through the darknet and cryptocurrency which provides layers of anonymity to buyers and sellers,” the NCB officer said.
More details awaited.
