The Narcotics Control Bureau on Sunday arrested five people in Mumbai including television actor Preetika Chauhan in a drugs case, media reports cite.
Preetika who has worked in television serials like Maa Vaishnodevi, CID, was arrested when she was buying drugs in Mumbai’s Versova area while a Tanzanian national was caught with cocaine from South Mumbai.
Three other peddlers were also arrested. Charas, MDMA and methamphetamine were recovered from them. All five were produced in the court on Sunday and have been remanded to judicial custody till November 8.
The arrests were made, courtesy a tip-off. NCB deployed officers in plain clothes at three places on Saturday. Two people were arrested from Mohammad Ali Road in Masjid Bunder area and Versova.
“The team succeeded in affecting a seizure of 99 grams of ganja from their possession,” an official was quoted as saying by The Indian Express. They were arrested under various sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.