Mumbai: A television actress who had been arrested with 99 gm of ganja last Sunday was granted bail by the magistrate’s court on Thursday. Faisal Yasin from whom the actress allegedly bought the drugs was also released on bail.

The magistrate’s court granted bail on grounds that the quantity of drugs seized from her falls under the definition of small quantity. The offence attracts a punishment of 1 year rigorous imprisonment or fine of up to Rs 10,000 or both.

The magistrate directed that the actress and Yasin be released on execution of a personal bond of Rs 15,000 and surety of like amount.

The court directed that they attend the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office between 3 pm and 5 pm for four Saturdays to assist in the probe.

“The seized quantity is 99 gm and all offences punishable with imprisonment for a term of up to 3 years shall be triable by the magistrate’s court,” said the actress’s advocate Ayaz Khan.

The Narcotics Control Bureau’s Mumbai unit arrested television actress Preetika Chauhan for allegedly buying 99 grams of marijuana, the agency said on Sunday. She was charged with offences related to consumption, sources said. The peddler, identified as Faisal Sheikh, was also arrested.

The 30-year-old actress and Sheikh were arrested in Andheri West and produced in a city court before being sent to judicial custody, sources said. Sameer Wankhede, NCB Mumbai’s zonal director, confirmed their arrest.

Chauhan has worked in several Hindi serials on mythological themes, sources said.

In a separate case related to a crackdown on a trafficking network, the agency arrested four people since Friday including a Tanzanian national, who is an alleged supplier of cocaine. The Tanzanian man allegedly sourced cocaine from South America.

An agency team had received information about a possible narcotics transaction in South Mumbai on Friday. Based on the inputs, the team went to the site and arrested Tanzanian national, Bruno John. They seized four grams of cocaine from his possession. Soon after, investigators arrested another accused who was in possession of 6.2 gram of banned narcotics including MDMA.