Aryan Khan Moves Sessions Court For Bail In Cruise Ship Drug Case

Aryan Khan, son of Shahrukh Khan, has approached the Session Court for bail in the Cruise Ship Drug Case.

The matter is likely to be heard up next week.

On Friday, a Magistrate's court rejected the bail applications of Khan and two others holding that they are not maintainable.

On October 2, NCB's zonal director Sameer Wankhede led a team of officers for a raid at the International Terminal of Mumbai Port Trust from where the Cordelia Cruise liner was to depart for Goa.

Eight people were detained after the NCB allegedly seized intermediate and small quantities of cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), charas and Rs 1,33,000 cash.

Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha were the first to be arrested. They were booked under sections 8(c) read with 20b (purchase), 27 (consumption), 28 (attempt to commit offence), 29 (abetment/ conspiracy) and 35 (presumption of culpable mental state) of the NDPS Act, after six and five grams of charas was allegedly seized from Merchant and Dhamecha respectively.

Nothing was recovered from Khan.

So far, the NCB has arrested 18 people in the case and recovered commercial quantities of drug, as well.

The agency arrested several individuals after the cruise that was allowed to set sail following the raid, returned from Goa, on Monday.

Those arrested include 10 guests, four event organisers, two alleged suppliers and one consumer. Eight people are booked under the stringent section 27A of the NDPS Act for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders attracting a 20 year jail term.

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