Raid on bakery selling brownie weed pot cakes, three arrested

MUMBAI: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday raided a home bakery at Orlem, Malad, and busted a gang involved in selling brownie weed pot cakes.
Three persons, including a 20-year-old college student and her 19-year old boyfriend, have been arrested for making and selling the baked goodies containing the banned narcotic substance in what appears to be the first such case in the city.
Sources in the NCB said they got a tip-off that brownie weed pot cakes, said to be popular on the party circuit, were being baked and sold from a flat.
“We busted the marijuana/pot cake-making bakery and seized 830 gm edible weed pot brownie and 160 gm marijuana and arrested three persons,” said an NCB officer.
While Elston alias Fernandes and his girlfriend, who is pursuing BBA, were arrested during the raid, the NCB on Sunday arrested alleged drug supplier Jagat Chaurasia and recovered 125 gm marijuana. NCB sources said Fernandes and his girlfriend had been running the racket for the past one year.
“Chaurasia would supply the drugs and they would prepare the brownie weed pot cakes at the bakery,” said the officer.