NCB arrests actor Rhea Chakraborty in Mumbai cannabis probe
India's Narcotics Control Bureau arrested actor Rhea Chakraborty in Mumbai on 8 September 2020 for allegedly procuring cannabis for Sushant Singh Rajput. She spent 28 days in Byculla jail before the Bombay High Court granted her bail on 7 October.
India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty in Mumbai on 8 September 2020.[1]The agency held her for allegedly procuring cannabis for her boyfriend, actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who had been found dead at his Mumbai home on 14 June.[2][3][1]A court sent her to 14 days of judicial custody till 22 September, and on 9 September she was shifted from the NCB office to Byculla jail.[1]
The NCB said its investigation began with chats about drug consumption, procurement, usage and transportation passed to it by the Enforcement Directorate.[1]Chakraborty, her brother Showik and Rajput’s former house manager were all arrested for allegedly organising and financing Rajput’s consumption of cannabis, and all denied wrongdoing.[2]Reuters, citing her bail order, described her as “active in a drug syndicate connected with drug supplies”.[3]
On 7 October the Bombay High Court granted her bail after 28 days in jail, observing that she was not part of the chain of drug dealers and that the case involved no commercial quantity.[1]The court ordered her to report to a police station for ten days, deposit her passport and seek permission before travelling abroad.[1]
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Ahraura police in Mirzapur stopped a Honda City and seized 44 kilograms of ganja packed in 27 packets inside two sacks in the car's boot, arresting four men. Police valued the haul at 22 lakh rupees, seized the car, and booked the four under the NDPS Act.
Goreyakothi police in Siwan seized about 60 kg of ganja loaded in a Scorpio at Dudhra village and detained its driver. Police valued the consignment at about Rs 12 lakh and said it was suspected to have been smuggled from Nepal.
Two alleged ganja smugglers who were waiting for a bus in Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh, were arrested, and police recovered 16 kg of ganja from them. The seizure also included SIM and ATM cards, and the ganja was valued at 8 lakh rupees (Rs 800,000).
New Mandi police stopped a truck at a highway check near Pachenda bridge in Muzaffarnagar on 14 November 2026 and seized 174 kg of ganja worth about one crore rupees. The truck driver was arrested and the truck seized, while the truck owner accused in the smuggling is absconding.
