Mumbai Crime: Teen drug supplier sets dogs on NCB team during raid

Accused Ayan Sinha

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a college dropout from Bandra for supplying marijuana to Bollywood celebrities and elite residents of Bandra, Khar, Versova, Lokhandwala, Andheri. The NCB said that the youngster set his dogs on the search team when they had gone for a raid to his residence.

Over a dozen NCB officers led by its zonal director Sameer Wankhede had conducted a raid at Sadanand Classic building late on Saturday night. Accused Ayan Sinha, 19, had two pets - a stray dog and a Labrador, which he allegedly set on the team. "Acting on a tipoff, we conducted the raid and searched the house where the accused and his father tried to scare us by setting their two dogs on us," an NCB officer, who was part of the team, said.

"We found Rs 2.30 lakh cash and curated marijuana concealed inside the CPU of Sinha's computer. Imported seeds of marijuana were recovered from different locations in his house. One packet of marijuana bud worth R1 lakh was found dangling on the window," the officer added.

The officer added, "His father was very aggressive and had been trying to dissuade us from conducting a raid, he dropped the names of a few senior bureaucrats. However, we were firmly continued with the raid and arrested the teenager."

Sinha has been accused of procuring drugs from other countries, including Canada and Amsterdam. NCB has seized Sinha's computer, mobile phones, a drug weighing machine and other electronic items.

The NCB suspects that Sinha supplied marijuana to celebrities whose name had popped up in the investigations following Sushant Singh Rajput's death. "A teenager alone cannot run such a big operation in high-profile societies. There could be someone behind the scenes. A few A-list celebrities and high-profile people are under the scanner," an officer said.

Modus operandi
The NCB officer said that Sinha kept small packets of marijuana at his residence. "After getting the signal from the buyers, Sinha would put the drug packets inside a basket tied to a rope and lower it down to the buyers from his third-floor residence. The buyers used to stand outside the building's compound," the officer said.

Sources said Sinha made a lot of money during the lockdown. He used to pursue a production design course.

"Buyers would come in high-end cars near the building to buy the drug after sunset. His business increased in the lockdown. Even after the Rajput case, the area was swarming with buyers," said a source. Sinha has been remanded to police custody for four days.