Mumbai cruise drugs case: Special NDPS court grants bail to two accused persons

A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances court in Mumbai on Tuesday granted bail to two persons accused in the Mumbai cruise ship drug case, PTI reported.

The two accused persons, Manish Rajgaria and Avin Sahu, are the first ones to get bail in the case. Apart from Rajgaria and Sahu, the anti-drugs agency has arrested 18 other people. One of them is Aryan Khan, the son of actor Shah Rukh Khan.

The Narcotics Control Bureau has alleged that Rajgaria was in possession of 2.4 grams of marijuana, according to Live Law. It has claimed that Sahu has admitted to having consumed drugs twice on the ship.

Rajgaria’s lawyer Taraq Sayed said that the drugs shown in his possession had been handed over to the Narcotics Control Bureau by the cruise ship’s security officials. He added that the recoveries made in this case were separate from the rest of the drugs seized in the case.

Sahu’s lawyer Sana Khan argued that the anti-drugs agency did not conduct a blood test to find out if he actually consumed drugs. She said that his statement to the NCB in which he allegedly admitted to consuming drugs was not admissible as evidence.

On the other hand, the Narcotics Control Bureau alleged a “common thread and conspiracy” and…

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