Drug Abuse

Bollywood Drug Nexus: Shabana Saeed Granted Bail By Mumbai Court

New Delhi: Shabana Saeed, wife of film producer Firoz Nadiadwala was on Tuesday granted bail by a Mumbai court. She was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drug case. NCB had carried out a raid at the Nadiadwalas Mumbai home on Sunday in which it reportedly seized drugs from Shabana. On Tuesday, she was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 15,000, Zee News reported.

Her lawyer Ayaz Khan submitted before the court that it is a case of seizure of a small quantity of drug. The woman was not a drug peddler, but a consumer and the maximum punishment which she could get for the offence on conviction is one year, Ayaz Khan was quoted as saying by the news agency PTI.

He told the court the accused is separated from her husband and has to look after her children.

Shabana Saeed had been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. An official of the NCB had on Sunday said 10 grams of ganja was seized during the search.

Apart from arresting Shabana, the NCB had also summoned Firoz Nadiadwala. He recorded his statement with the anti-drug agency on Monday, the report added.

OB Bureau

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