Crack down on big traders to deal with drug menace in Goa: Digambar Kamat

PANAJI: Highlighting that the drug menace has infiltrated Goa’s hinterlands, leader of opposition Digambar Kamat demanded that the government clamp down on the drug trade, especially on big traders operating in the state.
Slamming the government for its inaction, Kamat said the state has shown a casual approach to the drug menace and hoped that better sense will prevail and corrective actions will be initiated immediately.
He made the statement in the backdrop of a video going viral of a boy stating that he had consumed drugs which was given free of cost to him. The government, Kamat said, should keep a vigil on the drug trade in Goa.“Educational institutions, teachers, parents will have to play a responsible role to fight the menace,” Kamat said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
Stating that there is complete failure of its intelligence agencies and overall mechanism, Kamat said that to cover up its failures, the government denies the existence of drug trade in the state. “The need of the hour is to catch big traders who are the root cause of the problem.” CM Pramod Sawant had recently told the assembly that there is no drug ring operating.