Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday arrested Bollywood actor Armaan Kohli hours after banned drugs were allegedly recovered from his Andheri residence.
The NCB had raided Kohli's home on Saturday evening and then took him to its office after recovering a small quantity of cocaine, said NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede.
The official added that the case could have international ramifications as the cocaine seized had originated from South America.
"The NCB is probing the route and linkages used to bring the seized cocaine to Mumbai and the involvement of other traffickers," Wankhede said.
Kohli's name emerged during the interrogation of a drug peddler Ajay Raju Singh who was arrested in Worli on Saturday morning, as part of the NCB's all-out war against the drugs mafia.
A history-sheeter with a previous case lodged against him by the Anti-Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police, the NCB nabbed Ajay Singh Saturday near the Haji Ali Mausoleum and recovered 25 gms of Mephedrone from him.
Following the arrest, an FIR has been lodged against both Singh and Kolhi, under various sections of the NDPS Act, and further investigations are underway.