NCB Mumbai has busted an inter-state drug trafficking syndicate supplying drugs in Dharavi, Mumbai, wherein a total of illicitly diverted 1407 CBCS bottles (140 kgs) and 6000 Nitrazepam tablets (3.6 kgs) were seized from Mumbai, Thane & Navi Mumbai in multiple on-field operations.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai in its fight against Drug Suppliers and Peddlers in Mumbai launched an operation in Mumbai and seized 4.880 Kg of Charas on June 10 and arrested two persons on June 11 in the concerned case.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI): Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday seized drugs worth Rs 3 crores from a Ugandan woman at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMI) Airport in Mumbai on May 28, said NCB on Friday.

Thane (Maharashtra) [India], May 22 (ANI): 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.

Mumbai Feb 22 PTI The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Thane police not to take any coercive action against the NCBs former zonal director Sameer Wankhede till February 28 in connection with an FIR for forgery and wilful misrepresentation while procuring liquor license for his restaurant and bar in 1997 A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N R Borkar said Wankhede shall appear before the Thane police on February 23 Wednesday pursuant to the summons issued to him and extend his full cooperation with the investigation Without going into the merits of the case in the peculiar circumstances and facts of the case interim protection from any coercive action can be given the court said The court noted that there was nothing urgent in the matter and posted it for hearing on February 28 There are so many prisoners languishing in jail since years and we are unable to take up their petitions for hearing Justice Shinde said Justice Borkar questioned the polices intentions for taking Wankhede into custody in a case dating back to 1997 It is an offence on 1997 What are you police going to do now Justice Borkar asked The court was informed by public prosecutor Aruna Kamat Pai that the police had on February 20 issued a notice to Wankhede under section 41A of the Criminal Procedure Code CrPC asking him to appear before it on February 23 Wankhedes advocates Aabad Ponda and Niranjan Mundargi then said that he was ready to appear before the police but due to the sensitive nature of the case and there is apprehension that there was political pressure on the police no coercive action should be taken against him till the next date of hearing on the petition He Wankhede was a minor in 1997 There cannot be a FIR in the case The offences under which he has been booked are punishable only up to seven years Ponda said Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik sought to intervene in the matter There are some allegations made in the petition against the minister and hence he would like to respond to the same Maliks advocate Feroze Bharucha said If Wankhede is willing to delete these allegations from the petition then the minister will not intervene Bharucha said Wankhede had on Monday moved the High Court seeking for the FIR to be quashed and interim protection from any coercive action The FIR was lodged against Wankhede by the state excise department in Thanes Kopari police station As per the complaint the documents submitted to them in 1997 for procuring licence for selling liquor in a restaurant and bar in Wankhedes name were forged Wankhede was a minor 17-year-old when the liquor licence was procured in his name the complaint stated The petition alleges action pursuant to directions and political pressure stemming from personal vendetta of state Cabinet Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik against Wankhede In the plea Wankhede said he was a minor at the time of the alleged offence and hence should be heard by the Juvenile Justice Board as per provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act The petitioner most vehemently submits that admittedly as per the contents of the FIR the accused was 17 years of age when the alleged crime had taken place vide the mother of the Petitioner That by virtue of the Petitioner being merely 17 years of age he was not a major during the commission of the alleged crime the plea said The law of the land does not acknowledge that a minor had the capacity to orchestrate the entire crime at hand it saidThe petitioner was merely in college when the alleged offence is said to have taken place and was merely signing documents where he was asked by his mother the plea stated The petition also said that since he was a public officer prior sanction ought to have been taken before lodging the FIR Wankhede has been booked under sections 181 false statement to a public servant 420 cheating 465 forgery and 468 forgery for the purpose of cheating of the IPC PTI SP ARU ARU

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 22 (ANI): A team of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai has seized 3.950 kg of ephedrine which was concealed in a consignment of women's clothing from Mumbai's Andheri East, officials said.

According to the court’s direction, Aryan had visited the NCB’s Mumbai office on November 5, 12, 19, and 26 and December 3 and 10. Mumbai: The Mumbai High Court on Wednesday allowed the plea by Aryan Khan seeking modification and clarification of some bail conditions including weekly attendance at Narcotics Bureau Cell related to the cruise ship drug bust case. A single-judge bench of Justice Nitin W Sambre said that Aryan Khan will have to appear before the Special Investigation Team of the NCB in Delhi as and when summoned, provided a 72-hour notice is given by the Central agency.

Inquiries are also being conducted internally to find out how the license was issued when no proof of age was furnished by Sameer Wankhede: Nilesh Sanghe. Mumbai: The Thane unit of the central excise department has issued a notice to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede in connection with a bar licence issued to him in 1997. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik had earlier claimed that Wankhede was given the licence despite being ineligible for it.

Mumbai : A magistrate court on Monday granted bail to Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik in a defamation case filed against him by former Mumbai BJP youth wing president Mohit Kamboj Bharatiya. The Mazagaon magistrate court allowed Mr Malik’s bail on a personal bond of ₹ 15,000. The court had earlier this month issued a process (notice) to Mr Malik on the criminal defamation complaint of Mr Bharatiya, who had alleged that the NCP leader defamed him and his brother-in-law after the NCB’s raid on a cruise ship last month.

Mumbai : A magistrate court on Monday granted bail to Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik in a defamation case filed against him by former Mumbai BJP youth wing president Mohit Kamboj Bharatiya. The Mazagaon magistrate court allowed Mr Malik’s bail on a personal bond of ₹ 15,000. The court had earlier this month issued a process (notice) to Mr Malik on the criminal defamation complaint of Mr Bharatiya, who had alleged that the NCP leader defamed him and his brother-in-law after the NCB’s raid on a cruise ship last month.