Mumbai: Denying any recovery of contraband from him, Arbaaz Merchant, 26, arrested on Sunday and currently in Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) custody, on Wednesday sought orders from Esplanade court to call for and preserve the CCTV footage from 11.30 am to 8.30 pm on October 2 at the International Terminal, Green Gate, Mumbai Port Trust. His contention is that the “footage will show no contraband was recovered from” his possession and was “planted by the NCB.”

Additional chief metropolitan magistrate R M Nerlikar, after hearing his counsel Taraq Sayed, issued notice to NCB and sought its response on Thursday, to state why orders as sought ought not to be passed. Sameer Wankhede, NCB’s zonal director, said, “We will give our reply to court.”