In a major crackdown, the NCB teams did a parallel raid on Showmik Chakraborthy and Samuel Miranda’s homes. Later they were taken into custody and Showmik’s laptop and phones were seized which could be crucial digital evidence. According to a news relayed by a television channel, Showik met drug dealer Basit Parihar at a football club in Bandra and they soon became friends. Basit introduced him to Kaizan Ibraham, who has also been apprehended by the NCB for questioning. Ibraham works as a PR executive in a restaurant, sources said. According to sources, Basit regularly visited the Chakrabortys and their friendship evolved over a period of time. Abdul Basit was in touch with a prominent drug peddler named Sohail and sources said that he was the one who provided buds. Showik took Basit to parties and established his contacts whereas Kaizan supplied drugs to friends through Showik contacts.
Sources also said that they tried to sell buds at the football club where youngsters would come to play. They said that Showik, Basit, Zaid, Kaizan, Karan and Abbas were dealing with curated marijuana or bud. They had purchased buds and sold it off at a profit margin of five times. A local weed has 7 to ten per cent THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) but buds have 28 to 35 THC which makes it very potent and lethal, sources said.
