In October, model and designer Gabriella Demetriade's brother Agisilaos Demetriades was arrested by NCB for drug peddling. Gabriella is Arjun Rampal's partner
Carrying forward its crackdown on the Bollywood-drug mafia links, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday searched the Mumbai residence of actor Arjun Rampal.
In October, model and designer Gabriella Demetriade’s brother Agisilaos Demetriades was arrested by NCB for drug peddling. Gabriella is Arjun Rampal’s partner.
An NCB team had raided a resort in Lonavala where Agisilaos, 30, was staying. He was found in possession of marijuana and alprazolam, a banned drug. "He is part of a major drug syndicate in Bollywood. During our probe we found that he was in touch of various drug peddlers arrested in the case," NCB officials had said.
On Sunday, the NCB had conducted raids at the home of well-known film producer Firoz A. Nadiadwala and seized drugs worth around Rs 3.59 lakh.
The NCB had also arrested Nadiadwala's wife Shabana Saeed, besides three other drug peddlers in the operation conducted at different places in the city and in Thane during the day.
It seized 717.1 gms ganja, 74.1 gms charas and 95.1 gms MD (commercial quantity), worth Rs.3.59 lakh from Nadiadwala's home in Juhu and another location.
Besides another 10 gms of ganja was recovered from another accused Wahid A. Kadir Shaikh, alias Sultan.
Saeed's statement was recorded after which she was placed under arrest, said the NCB official. Firoz Nadiadwala was also summoned for interrogation.
The operation is part of the ongoing investigations over the past three months to unravel the nexus between Bollywood and the drugs mafia in the country's film capital.
(With inputs from Faizan Khan)
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