The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday arrested Bollywood actor Armaan Kohli in connection with an alleged drugs case. Kohli, a former contestant on the reality show Bigg Boss, was arrested in the early hours of the day after being detained by the agency on Saturday after some narcotics contraband were allegedly found during a raid at his residence in Mumbai’s Juhu.
NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede led the raid at actor’s bungalow number 10, situated in Vikas Park society at Juhu house. 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, one 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 in 2018, the NCB official said.
As per the latest update, he has been sent into NCB custody for a day after he was presented before a city court today, reports ANI.As per the news agency, Armaan Kohli and drug peddler Ajay Raju Singh have been arrested under sections, 21(a), 27(a), 28, 29, 30, & 35 of NDPS Act.
Kohli was a contestant on Bigg Boss 7 and made headlines for his volatile temper as well as his relationship with co-contestant Tanishaa Mukerji. Kohli has starred in several films such as Dushman Zamana (1992), Anaam (1993), Qahar (1997) and Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002).
Last year, several celebrities including Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan and Rakul Preet Singh were questioned by NCB in connection with an investigation into alleged drug abuse in Bollywood following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
The investigation so far has also revealed international links and NCB Mumbai is probing the route and contacts used to bring cocaine to Mumbai and involvement of other traffickers, the official added.
