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Amazon Executives to Be Questioned by India Police in Probe Over Alleged Marijuana Smuggling

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Amazon Executives to Be Questioned by India Police in Probe Over Alleged Marijuana Smuggling

A police official said on Monday that the Indian Madhya Pradesh police had summoned local Amazon executives because it was investigating a suspected case of using the e-commerce platform to smuggle marijuana. Police arrested two men carrying 20 kilograms of marijuana in the state on Sunday and found that they were using Amazon’s Indian shopping website to order marijuana and smuggle them to various states.

Smugglers use the Amazon India platform to order and ship the drug, which is marketed under the guise of dried stevia leaves (a natural food sweetener). The police stated in a statement that the Amazon platform has allegedly been used to sell 1,000 kilograms of such cannabis, valued at US$148,000 (approximately Rs 11 crore). On Monday, Manoj Singh, a senior police officer in the area, said that Amazon executives have been asked to explain how their platform is used to sell prohibited substances.

“This international company has the power of artificial intelligence, so a big thing happened on their platform,” Singh said. “Amazon is involved in this cannabis delivery on many levels-from providing logistical support to delivery.” “Amazon’s lawyers may come to visit us tomorrow.” An Amazon spokesperson said in a statement that it is investigating whether the seller has violated the rules.

The statement said: “We do not allow the listing and sale of products prohibited by law in India,” adding that the company will cooperate with the authorities. This American company based in India operates a marketplace website where sellers can list their products, and Amazon also provides them with logistics and warehousing services.

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Police officer Singh said his team also visited an Amazon distribution center in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, as part of the investigation to obtain detailed information about the suspected cannabis delivery. In recent years, the Indian authorities have stepped up their efforts to combat illegal drugs. Since last year, many high-profile Indian actors and TV personalities have been censored by anti-drug officials.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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