BREAKING: Tollywood actress Shweta Kumari arrested by NCB

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Jan 04, 2021, 09:38 PM IST

Photo: Viral Bhayani.

NCB had detained the Tollywood actress - Shweta Kumari - during raid at Mumbai's Mira Road hotel

Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai in drive against drug supply in Maharashtra and Goa, has affected a seizure of 400 gram of Mephedrone (MD) on January 2, 2021. They searched Crown Business Hotel situated at Mira-Bhayander area.

The actress was detained on Saturday night during a raid at a hotel in Mumbai’s Mira Road, news agency ANI reported.

Mumbai’s NCB has now arrested Tollywood actor Shweta Kumari on January 4, 2020. Aged 27, she is a resident of Hyderabad.

The agency has launched a systematic operational activities to apprehend the main supplier along with peddlers also. NCB is also focusing on deep financial investigation in seizure cases of interstate drug syndicate.

NCB arrested a drug suspect at Bandra Railway station (West) on January 2 and recovered 400 gram of MD (Mephedrine) from Bandra area, an NCB official said.

Sameer Wankhede, NCB’s Zonal Director informed that a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against the said accused.

"NCB Mumbai intercepted a suspect at Gurunanak Marg, Bandra Railway station (west) on 02/01/2021, and recovered 400 gram of MD from Chand Shaikh, resident of Bandra area in person and from his scooty," the NCB official said in a press note.

This is a developing story.