#drugs raid

Man jailed following cannabis factory raid in Waltham Cross

A 24-year-old man has been charged with cultivating cannabis after information was provided by the local community, that an address on Ruthven Avenue, Waltham Cross was being used as a cannabis factory. Officers from Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Operational Support Group gained entry to the address on Wednesday 8th June and seized more than 200 cannabis plants. A man was also found hiding in…

Indian Takeaway closed after police raid found Class A Drugs worth thousands of pounds

An Indian takeaway in St Albans and it’s rear garage are now off limits after police achieved full Closure Orders for both premises. The India Garden on Catherine Street had several reports about drugs. On Friday 4 February Police carried out a section 23 drugs warrant to search the premises which uncovered large quantity of Class A drugs, suspected to be worth thousands of pounds, which were…

Bombay HC to hear today defamation suit filed by Sameer Wankhede’s father against Nawab Malik

The Bombay high court will on Friday hear out the defamation suit filed by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede’s father, Dhyandev, against Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik in connection with a series of allegations raised by the latter in a sensational drugs bust case, which had high-profile figures like Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aaryan Khan implicated…

Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik urges NCB to probe 26 ‘fake’ drug raid cases

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Friday urged the narcotics control bureau (NCB) to probe the 26 cases brought forward by an anonymous employee of the agency alleging that agency’s zonal director Sameer Wankhede framed innocent people. “One Shekhar Kamble, a witness in one of the 26 cases, has narrated how the NCB officials framed an innocent…