Mamta Kulkarni an accused in India’s biggest ever drug seizure: Police

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, June 18, 2016: In a major breakthrough, Thane Police today named former Bollywood actor Mamta Kulkarni as an accused in India’s biggest ever drug racket which was busted two months ago.

 

Mamta is likely to face a Red Corner Notice by the Interpol. 10 people have been arrested till now.

Earlier, police had also named Mamta’s husband Vicky Goswami as an accused in the case.

Addressing the media, Thane CP Paramvir Singh said police probe reveals that Mamta and Vicky were the masterminds behind the drug racket.

Mamta, who was present in January 8 Kenya meetings along with international drug mafia Abdullah, even discussed about how drugs can be taken to India.

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Revealing further information, police said that details of the case were shared by American Drug Enforcement officials. Abdullah reportedly tried to set up a factory in Mombasa in Kenya.

Singh said that 100 kilograms of Ephedrine were received in Mumbai by Vicky’s agent, who handed it over to Vicky.

Police also said that Avaon Life Science is the name of the drug company and is operating in Solapur.

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Meanwhile, Thane Police is also probing the role of few people from Bollywood in the drug cartel scandal. Police is also on the lookout for Kishor Rathod from Gujarat.

Mamta Kulkarni was back in the spotlight after a drug racket, busted by Thane Police, led to her husband who is an international drug lord wanted by the US for running a narcotics racket. Thane Police seized 20 tonnes of ephedrine in a record haul in April. Drugs worth Rs 2,000 crore were confiscated during the police raid.