Sameer Wankhede: NCB seizes brownie cakes laced with Hashish & Opium- Nigerian among held

NCB Mumbai launched 02 operations in various places of Mumbai and seized 10 Kgs of baked brownie cake made up of Hashish & 320 grams of Opium, 50 grams Hashish and intermediate quantity of Cocaine along with cash Rs. 1,72,000/- on 12.07.2021 and intercepted 03 persons including 01 Nigerian national. Interrogation of the said accused is going on.

OPS-I:
On specific information, a team of NCB Mumbai intercepted one Consulting Psychologist namely Rahmeen Charaniya and seized 10 Kgs of brownie cake baked made up of Hashish and was being sold under name “Hash Brownie”. During house search 320 grams of Opium alongwith cash Rs. 1,72,000/- was also recovered from his place at Mazgaon, Mumbai on 12.07.2021.
Rahmeen Charaniya is a practicing Consulting Psychologist in well known hospital of south Mumbai. He is into baking of brownie cakes with mixture weed/ hashish and opium. He used to supply such brownies in private parties of high profile circuit in Mumbai and suburbs.

As per preliminary disclosure of the accused, a team of NCB Mumbai intercepted Ramzan Shaikh and seized 50 grams Hashish at Crawford Market, Mumbai on late night of 13.07.2021. Rahmeen Charania used to score weed and Hashish from Ramzan Sheikh and other local peddlers.
Hash brownie is made using Hashish as an ingredient, eaten for its psychoactive effects. Ingesting cannabis and Hashish is one of the most powerful way to abuse of cannabis based drugs and produces. Consuming such manner, the effect last for atleast 6 hours because in process of smoking the THC travels directly to the brain and never touches the stomach, which is why vaporization and smoking are felt and go away much quicker however when THC is being digested it passes the brain and leave a more potent effect on receptors in the brain. This is why edibles are so much more hard-hitting than just smoking.
In this regard NCB Mumbai has registered the case in Crime No 67/2021.

OPS-II:

The NCB Mumbai received a secret information that an Nigerian national Chukwu Emeka Ogboma @Micheal is involved in illicit sale of cocaine at Nalasopara and nearby areas. Accordingly NCB Mumbai intercepted the said Nigerian and recovered intermediate quantity of cocaine. Chukwu Emeka Ogboma @Micheal is working for their syndicate members based in Africa (Nigeria) and delivering the drugs on direction received from Nigeria.
The seized contraband is a part of consignment sourced from south American countries like Peru, Brazil and Chile. NCB is investigation for other syndicate members and trying to bust the supply chain from abroad.
NCB Mumbai has registered the case in Crime No 68/2021.