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FOUND: 6 - What They Never Told You

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The NCB must review its procedures soon

The Hindu

Mumbai cruise drugs case: Protection for pedlars alleged in chargesheet

MUMBAI: An accused in the cruise drugs case, Arbaaz Merchant told the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) that in 2018 he had tried to complain to police about peddlers from a Khar chawl who were selling “laced drugs” that made “children ill” and caused “organ damage.” Merchant (26), a friend of…

The Times of India

After flak for Aryan case, Wankhede transferred to Tamil Nadu

MUMBAI: Sameer Wankhede, the officer who probed the narcotics-related cases against Rhea Chakraborty and Aryan Khan, has been transferred to the Directorate General of Tax Payer Services (DGTS), Chennai as additional commissioner. He has been posted in the same rank that he has been holding since the last two years.…

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Sameer Wankhede transferred from DRI to DG Taxpayer Service Directorate in Chennai

MUMBAI: Indian Revenue Service officer Sameer Wankhede, who headed the Narcotics Control Bureau in Mumbai when the NCB arrested several persons, including superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan in the controversial drugs-on-cruise case last year, was on Monday transferred to the DG Taxpayer Service Directorate in Chennai, an official said.

The Times of India

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The Hindu

Mumbai cruise drugs case: Insomnia, stress, pressure at work cited for drug use, says NCB chargesheet

MUMBAI: Coping with insomnia, family issues, loss of a parent, study and work pressure were among the main reasons for taking drugs that some of the accused and others cited in their statements to the NCB as part of the cruise drugs case. The chargesheet was submitted on Friday.

The Times of India

Arbaaz told NCB Aryan had advised him not to carry drugs to cruise party

MUMBAI: Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan had advised his friend Arbaaz Merchant not to carry contraband to the cruise party, the latter said in his statement to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

The Times of India

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NCB busts major drug trafficking network; arrests Nigerian kingpin, seven others

Three women from African countries have also been detained.

The Hindu

Nawab Malik exposed farce behind Aryan Khan drug case, but paying price for it: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut

Talking to reporters in Kolhapur, Mr. Raut said, “Malik is paying the price for exposing the farce behind the Aryan Khan drug case and the real face of the BJP”

The Hindu

3 women held with heroin worth Rs 20 crore

BHOPAL: Three women have been arrested by the Narcotics Bureau with heroin worth nearly Rs 20 crore that was smuggled from Thailand to Bengaluru and was being carried to Delhi.

The Times of India

MVA partners train guns on ex-NCB officer, seek action

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said "publicity-hungry" officers such as Sameer Wankhede are a "threat to the nation".

The Times of India

Sameer Wankhede and controversies: Fake raid & caste certificate, bar licence

MUMBAI: Controversial IRS officer Sameer Wankhede appears to be in trouble as the NCB on Friday gave the clean chit to Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, in the drugs case related to the October 2021 cruise ship raid led by him as the agency's Mumbai zonal director.

The Times of India

Case shows if WhatsApp chats are read as proof, context is vital

MUMBAI: The cruise drugs case linked to Aryan Khan has brought into focus the legal acceptability of WhatsApp chats as digital secondary evidence. A few screenshots of chats were shown to the trial court judge by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to emphasise Aryan Khan's "involvement'' in an alleged international…

The Times of India

Mumbai cruise drugs bust case: NCB reviews evidence, drops Aryan Khan from chargesheet

MUMBAI: After a review by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), the Narcotics Control Bureau has dropped its case against actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan.

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Mumbai cruise drugs bust case: Sameer Wankhede is slated to face departmental action for ‘shoddy’ investigation

MUMBAI: Sameer Wankhede, the ex-officer of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) who initially investigated the Cordelia drugs haul case, is set to face departmental action for his "shoddy" probe, particularly against actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan who was given a clean chit by the anti-drugs agency on Friday.

The Times of India

Mumbai cruise drugs bust case: Officer checked Aryan Khan's phone chats without seizing it, says SIT

MUMBAI: In an internal report, the NCB's SIT has faulted the investigation process in the drugs case, saying Aryan Khan's mobile phone was "voluntarily handed over by him" but it "was not followed by formal seizure procedure".

The Times of India

Raid had opened can of worms on use of ‘habitual’ panch witnesses

MUMBAI: The cruise drugs bust triggered a controversy after it emerged that Kiran Gosavi, one of the panch witnesses, had a criminal background.

The Times of India

Aryan Khan may have been falsely implicated in drug case: SIT report

NEW DELHI: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has given a clean chit to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, who was arrested in connection with seizure of drugs from some passengers aboard a cruise ship last year and had spent 27 days behind bars.

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The Hindu

Mumbai cruise case | Action ordered against Sameer Wankhede

Under Mr. Wankhede’s supervision, an NCB team arrested Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan along with others in October 2021

The Times of India

As Aryan Khan gets a clean chit in the drugs case, Pooja Bhatt takes a sly dig at Sameer Wankhede: 'Truth prevails'

Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, who was arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in October 2021, got a clean chit in the drugs-on-cruise case on May 27.

The Hindu

Will NCB now act against Sameer Wankhede, asks jailed Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik

“Now that Aryan Khan and 5 others get a clean chit. Will NCB take action against Sameer Wankhede his team and the private army?” was published through the Twitter account `Office of Nawab Malik'

The Times of India

NCB files charge sheet in drugs case; Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan given clean chit as 'accused not in possession of narcotics'

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has submitted its charge sheet in the infamous drugs case, in which Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, was arrested last year.

The Times of India

Ex-Andhra Pradesh MP's son held in drugs case in Bengaluru

TIRUPATI: D K Srinivas, son of former TTD chairman D K Adikesavulu Naidu, was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Adikesavulu Naidu, a liquor baron, also served as Chittoor MP.

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NCB, Mumbai seizes 864 kg of codeine-based cough syrup, arrests two accused

Narcotics Control Bureau, Mumbai on Friday seized 864 kilograms of codeine-based cough syrup in the Bhiwandi area of Thane and arrested two persons in the matter.

The Hindu

NCB arrested Hyderabad-based businessman for operating internet pharmacy

Based on the information, the house and office premises of the kingpin of the internet pharmacy group were searched by the Hyderabad Sub Zone of NCB

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