Arjun Rampal’s partner’s bro held in Goa drug raid

PANAJI: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) conducted three different raids in Goa and arrested four persons, including Demetriades Agisilaos, brother of actor Arjun Rampal’s partner, and recovered hashish, LSD blots and MDMA/ecstasy pills.
Agisilaos, a South African national, has been arrested by the NCB for the third time in a year. He was first arrested last year while the NCB was probing a drug case after the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
“We seized a small quantity of hashish/charas from his house in North Goa. He was produced before a court which remanded him in judicial custody till Monday,” NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede said.
“Agisilaos was earlier arrested twice by our teams. In the second case, he was arrested when we were investigating a cocaine peddling case. The drug was coming from Nigeria,” Wankhede said.
The NCB had last year questioned Rampal and his partner Gabriella Demetriades while it was probing a drug case.
Rampal, who is currently filming in London, in a statement, said, “It’s unfortunate that my name is being unnecessarily dragged… though I have no association whatsoever. As far as my family and I are concerned, my direct family and I are law-abiding citizens.”
“ And while the incident involves a person who is a relative of my partner, I have no other connection or relationship other than that with this person,” he said.
Wankhede said during the past two days, the NCB had conducted narcotic raids in Goa based on specific inputs and its main target was to identify suppliers and dealers who provide drugs at parties.
He said as tourism has commenced in Goa, NCB will continue with its raids in a bid to make the state drug-free.
In the first raid, NCB seized a small quantity of hashish/charas from Agisilaos’ house at Chopdem, Pernem. Subsequently, Agisilaos was arrested for illicit possession of the recovered drug.
In the second raid, NCB seized 12 LSD blots weighing 0.2gm (commercial quantity) and a small quantity of MDMA/ecstasy pills at Siolim and arrested Noumaan Savery, 22, a resident of Chhattisgarh.
Wankhede said during the follow-up investigation, another accused Siddiq Ahmed, 25, a Hyderabad resident, was also arrested. During investigation, it was revealed that both the arrested persons were working at a bar and restaurant at Anjuna.
He said a case has been registered against Savery and Ahmed at NCB, Goa sub-zone, and both are in judicial custody.
In the third raid, NCB seized 10 MDMA/ecstasy pills weighing 04.08gm from Nagoa and arrested Mayur Mohnani alias Amit aged, 22, a resident of Thane, for illicit possession of drugs.
A case has been registered against Amit at NCB Goa and he is also in judicial custody.
This is the second major raid by NCB in Goa this month. On September 7, NCB had raided three places in Goa and Maharashtra and intercepted four persons, including one Nigerian national, and had confiscated around 45kg of various types of narcotic substances.