The Bombay High Court quashed the case against actor Mamta Kulkarni in connection with the seizure of illegal drugs worth Rs 2,000 crore in 2016, holding that the proceedings against her were “manifestly frivolous” and “their continuation would be nothing short of abuse of process of court”. Her partner Vicky Goswami was also named as an accused in the FIR registered by the Thane police. The anti-narcotics cell of the police had seized 20 tonnes of ephedrine from a Solapur factory. The prosecution had claimed that Kulkarni along with Goswami…
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Nigerian national gets bail in Cordelia drug raid case | Mumbai News
The Bombay High Court Tuesday granted bail to a Nigerian national arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with the Cordelia cruise ship drug raid case in October, 2021. He was the last accused in the case who was yet to get bail from the courts. Chinedu Igwe from Nigeria was arrested by the NCB claiming that ecstasy tablets weighing 15 g were seized from him. Igwe had approached the HC after the special court designated under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act had rejected his bail…