Three persons, including one Hemant Sah alias Maharaj, who is allegedly linked to the drug probe launched following the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput last year, have been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials in Goa, an official statement said on Monday. Agency officials have also seized a large number of drugs including cocaine, LSD, charas, ganja, during the simultaneous raids which are being conducted by the central agency through Sunday and Monday.
Officials have also arrested two foreigners from Congo and Nigeria.
Sah, a native of Madhya Pradesh, who had been running a shack along North Goa's Morjim beach for several years had been named as a supplier by two alleged Mumbai-based drug dealers Anuj Keswani and Regan Mahakaal, who have been booked into the agency's high profile drug probe.
"Hemant Sah alias Maharaj is a native of Madhya Pradesh and was running a shack Buena Vida in Morjim area for the past several years. After locating Maharaj in the Miramar area, his premises were raided in the late evening which resulted in the recovery of 15 blots of LSD (commercial quantity) and charas 30 grams," NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede said.
In another raid, the agency officials nabbed Ugochukwu Solomon Ubabuko from Nigeria and John Infinity alias David from Congo seizing 41 blots of LSD (commercial quantity), charas 28 gram, cocaine 22 gram, ganja 1.100 kg, 160 grams of white powder and 500 grams blue crystal suspected to be psychotropic substance and an amount of Rs 10,000.
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Ubabako had been previously arrested by the Goa Police in 2013 on a narcotics charge, informed Wankhede.
"During the follow-up action, the NCB team searched premises of one Prasad Walke and recovered LSD blots (commercial quantity) on Monday. Seizure formalities are underway and we are looking for Prasad Walke and his other associates.”
Prasad Walke is a history-sheeter who has already been charged by the NCB Goa in the year 2018 for trafficking of LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and ganja, the NCB statement said.