8 arrested in a cruise drug trafficking case; SRK’s son “consumed charas” | Hindi movie news

MUMBAI: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s 23-year-old son Aryan and seven others on Sunday after a raid at a party on Saturday night on a cruise ship bound for Goa. Khan was booked for consuming charas.

Of the eight arrested, Khan, his friend and film actor Arbaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha were brought to court and held in custody by the NCB until Monday. Dhamecha is said to be the daughter of a businessman from Madhya Pradesh and Merchant the son of a timber businessman.

Five others, Nupur Satija, Ishmeet Chadha, Mohak Jaiswal, Gomit Chopra and Vikrant Chhokar, were arrested on Sunday evening; they will be presented to court on Monday.

The Cordelia Cruises cruise liner, carrying between 800 and 1,000 passengers, left Mumbai after a dozen people were arrested by the BCN on Saturday evening and around 200 decided not to continue the journey. He will be back in town on Monday morning. NCB officials said they were carrying out further raids in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

The BCN claimed to have seized 13 g of cocaine, 21 g of charas, 22 pills of MDMA and 5 g of mephedrone and more than Rs 1.3 lakh in cash. In the remand request seeking custody of Khan, Merchant and Dhamecha, the agency said the trio were arrested for consuming, selling and buying contraband punishable under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985. (NDPS). An official said, however, that Khan was reserved solely for consumption under section 27 of the NDPS Act, which carries a maximum sentence of one year or a fine of up to Rs 20,000.