No permission taken for cruise ship party: Mumbai Police

Mumbai Police on Tuesday said that no permission was taken from them regarding the Cruise ship party from where the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB team seized drugsAs per Mumbai Police sources the matter comes under Yellow Gate police stations jurisdiction Their permission is necessary but no permission was taken neither was any intimation given they addedHowever as per police officials since multiple agencies are involved in granting permissions the Mumbai police will speak to the Directorate General of Shipping and Mumbai Port Trust about what permissions were given to the cruise shipThe Maharashtra government has imposed the Disaster Management Act in the state owing to the COVID19 cases Therefore the police are also checking for violation of section 188The state has also imposed section 144 not allowing more than five people to gather at a placeAfter investigations if there is any violation of the said sections an FIR will be filed by the Mumbai policeAlso read Mumbai cruise drug bust case Accused were negotiating payment in code says NCBA team of Port Zone police is also investigating the matterNCB Mumbai Director Sameer Wankhede has said that there are more suspects in connection with the caseAn NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at midsea on October 2 night Eight persons were detained for questioning by the NCB in connection with the drug seizure on the cruise ship according to NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede All of the eight persons were later arrested on October 3Three accused including Aryan Khan Arbaaz Seth Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha were produced before Mumbais Esplanade Court which remanded them to NCB custody till October 4As per the NCB three persons have been booked under Section 8C 20B 27 Punishment for consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance and 35 Presumption of culpable mental state of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act NDPS Act8C of NDPS Act refers to prohibition to produce manufacture possess sell purchase transport warehouse use consume import interState export interState import into India export from India or tranship any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance while Section 20B deals with punishment for producing manufacturing possessing selling purchasing transportation imports interState exports interState or use of cannabisSatish Maneshinde the lawyer arguing in defence of Aryan Khan said in the Court Accused number 1 Aryan Khan was invited for the cruise party However he did not have a boarding pass He didnt have any seat or cabin there Secondly according to the seizure nothing has been found in his possession He is arrested only based on chatsOther accused in the case include Nupur Satija Ishmeet Singh Chadha Mohak Jaiswal Gomit Chopra and Vikrant ChhokarThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever