Bollywood
film
producer
Firoz
Nadiadwala's
wife
Shabana
Saeed
was
arrested
on
November
8
by
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
in
connection
with
the
ongoing
Bollywood
drugs
probe,
after
a
raid
at
their
residence
in
Mumbai.
FilmiBeat
has
learnt
that
in
a
follow-up
operation
of
the
agency,
wherein
717.1
gm
ganja,
74.1
gm
charas
and
95.1
gm
MD
(commercial
quantity
of
mephedrone)
were
seized
along
with
Rs
3,58,610,
and
four
persons
arrested,
a
team
of
NCB
officials
intercepted
Shabana
Saeed
today
and
searched
her
house
in
presence
of
two
independent
witnesses.
NCB
official
Sameer
Wankhede
has
confirmed
the
arrest
to
us.
According
to
the
NCB,
during
the
house
search,
10
gm
ganja,
which
was
procured
from
accused
drug
peddler
Wahid
Abdul
Kadir
Sheikh
alias
Sultan,
was
recovered.
The
said
Shabana
Saeed
was
issued
notice
u/s
67
of
the
Narcotic
Drugs
and
Psychotropic
Substances
Act,
1985
(NDPS
Act).
After
recording
her
statement,
she
was
placed
under
arrest.
Firoz
Nadiadwala
has
produced
popular
Bollywood
films
like
Welcome
(2007),
Aarakshan
(2011),
Welcome
Back
(2015),
Ghar
Ho
To
Aisa
(1990),
and
Parampara
(1993),
among
others.
He
is
the
producer
of
Akshay
Kumar-starrer
Hera
Pheri
3
(2021).
A
lot
of
high-profile
people
from
Bollywood
have
been
questioned
by
the
NCB
in
the
drugs
probe,
including
Deepika
Padukone,
Sara
Ali
Khan,
Shraddha
Kapoor
and
Rakul
Preet
Singh.
Deepika
Padukone's
manager
Karishma
Prakash
had
also
been
questioned
by
the
NCB,
and
recently
resigned
from
her
position
at
KWAN
Talent
Management
Agency
following
the
probe.
Kshitij
Prasad,
executive
producer
with
filmmaker
Karan
Johar's
company
Dharmatic,
was
also
arrested
by
the
NCB
and
his
bail
plea
has
been
opposed
by
the
probe
agency.
The
investigation
began
in
connection
with
the
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
death
case
and
the
alleged
involvement
of
the
actor's
ex-girlfriend
and
actress
Rhea
Chakraborty
in
procuring
drugs
for
him.
Rhea
Chakraborty
was
arrested
by
the
NCB
and
spent
time
in
custody
for
almost
a
month
before
being
granted
bail
by
the
Bombay
High
Court
on
October
7.
Rhea's
brother
Showik
Chakraborty
was
also
arrested
in
the
case
and
is
still
in
custody.