Goa CM Pramod Sawant talks tough on drugs trade crackdown

PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that he has given the police department the full freedom to destroy the entire chain of drugs trade in Goa.
Director general of police Mukesh Kumar Meena also said that the CM has given instructions to the police to carry out inquiry and take action in the recent drug party case in a manner which sets an example.
“We have begun work to remove the drug menace from its roots. I congratulate our Crime Branch and Narcotics Cell for the investigation of the recent drugs case and the arrests made. We will go right to the last person in this drugs chain, from the peddler to the supplier,” said Sawant
The statements come as investigations are under way in a party in Anjuna where drugs were found in use. Actor Kapil Jhaverri and the organiser of an electronic dance music event Shailesh Shetty have been arrested in the case. Photographs of the accused have surfaced posing earlier with different politicians, which has led to mud-slinging amongst political parties in the state.
“The police department will get all the support they need from me as the home minister. I give them full freedom to finish the drug trade in Goa. I am committed to this. We cannot let our youth be destroyed by the drug menace,” he said.