Originally posted by: Nova19
I was not able to follow all this legal stuff. What does it mean that recovery was made from the ship and not the accused? Does it mean it was allegedly in their luggage or cabin and not on their person? If so and the drugs were on the ship but the accused were not yet on the ship it sounds even more like it might entirely be a setup - even the small quantities found. Thank God Aryan had no luggage on the ship when the raid happened or they might have “found” some in his stuff too. It’s terrible Ive reached the point where I doubt everything claimed.
Aryan and Arbaaz were picked up on the dock itself and arrested. There were bloggers who were invited on that ship who saw Aryan and said he was standing on the line with the regular people, not even in the VVIP line. They have to go through security and bags are checked because drugs are not supposed to be brought onboard. So when these NCB (?) people picked him up, I think he was not afraid initially since he had no drugs anyway and let them search through his things. But Arbaaz allegedly had 5 gms of weed. But Arbaaz's lawyer is saying that he also had no drugs and it was planted on him. They are requesting CCTV video from the dock and saying it will prove their point.
After that, they went on to the ship and arrested 7 other people. Aryan and Arbaaz don't even know the others who were picked up on the ship. They have no connection at all. I mean, that MumMum is a 39 year old woman from Delhi.
But the NCB filed a joint panchnama for everyone calling it a "ship drug bust" and claim they cannot be separated. Then they circulated this panchnama in the media to make it look like those drugs came from Aryan since his name was on the form. So the initial days of media coverage was that Aryan was found with "13 grams of cocaine, 22 ecstasy pills, some charas and 1.3 lakh in cash."
Then it came out in court that Aryan had no drugs at all. His drug tests were negative. They say he had whatsapp chats "with a drug dealer named Achit." They arrested Achit with 2.5 grams of weed and then lied about the date he was arrested in order to extend Aryan's custody so they can "confront" them. Now Achit has already been released. NCB didn't even show up in court to oppose his release from NCB custody. But Aryan, who never had anything, is in jail.