MUMBAI: The Anti Narcotics Cell of the Mumbai Police are investigating three leading hotels for suspected sale of psychedelic drug LSD at parties on their premises. After the arrest of five men who were in possession of LSD on March 28 investigations were launched. One of them told Police that they were planning to sell the drugs at The Lalit at Sahar, Courtyard By Marriott at Andheri, and Hotel Peninsula Grand at Sakinaka. The five have confessed to selling drugs “on a number of occasions” at these hotels during the parties organised with the help of top event management companies, Police said. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, remains one of the most popular party drugs across the world. 1,400 dots of LSD worth Rs 70 lakh were found to be in the possession of the arrested men, Police said. A dot of LSD sells for anything between Rs 2,000 and Rs 10,000. “The cell’s Kandivali unit had arrested five youths on March 28 Deputy Commissioner of Police (Anti-Narcotics Cell) Shivdeep Lande said. One of them told the Police about drugs being circulated at parties in five-star hotels.” The Anti-Narcotics Cell sources identified the accused as Chirag Jain, studying at Juhu’s Rithambara College. Farhan Aqeel Khan, a Std XII dropout who deals in cars and properties, Arbaaz Taj Mohammed Khan, a Bachelor of Mass Media student at Rithambara College, Laxman alias Nikhil Rajan, a software engineer, and Sameer Modi, who works for a films and TV serial production house were found to be other accused by the Police. On Thursday the police custody of the five accused ended and they are now in judicial custody, Police said.]]>
