PANAJI: Goa police seized drugs worth over Rs 36 lakh from four different places in Pernem taluka and arrested four people, including an Austrian national, on Sunday.
The Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC) of Goa police had received information that a huge quantity of charas had entered the state and was distributed in Pernem taluka. Accordingly, police formed teams to verify the information and conduct searches.
Police said that they are still collecting information about the source of the drugs.
The ANC caught Chhatra Singh, 36, a native of Uttarakhand, from a rented room at Dando in Arambol and seized 2.1kg of charas, approximately worth Rs 10.5 lakh.
In the second case, Chandan Singh, 35, a native of Rajasthan, was arrested with 2.3kg of charas, approximately worth Rs 11.9 lakh, after receiving information that a person will come to deliver drugs at a petrol pump in Arambol.
Similarly, in the third case, the ANC had information that a person was likely to come to Kepkarwada, Arambol, to deliver the contraband. Police said that they laid a trap and caught Raju Lama, 35, a native of Himachal Pradesh with 2.5kg of charas, approximately worth Rs 12.5 lakh.
Pernem police caught a 43-year-old Austrian national Stefan Hechenberger with charas, approximately worth Rs 1.2 lakh from Thorlebag, Keri, Pernem, after receiving information, PI Jivba Dalvi said. Sources said that the accused has a history of drug peddling. He was arrested by Goa police in 2008.
Director general of police (DGP) Mukesh Kumar Meena had recently said that Goa police want a drug-free state as narcotics tarnish the state’s image. Asked why the police force does not reach the source of the drugs, Meena had said that instructions in this respect have been given to the force and in some cases they have done it. “Our emphasis is on tracing the sources,” the DGP had said.
Last week, Pernem police have seized cannabis plants, ganja and charas worth Rs 20 lakh from Korgao, Pernem and had arrested two accused arrested in the case. During the raid, ganja worth Rs 8,600, charas worth Rs 5.6 lakh and cannabis plants worth Rs 14 lakh were seized.
In the last two months, six raids on a cannabis plantation have been conducted at Pernem.
Panaji: Goa police seized drugs worth over Rs 36 lakh from four different places in Pernem taluka and arrested four people, including an Austrian national, on Sunday.
The Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC) of Goa police had received information that a huge quantity of charas had entered the state and was distributed in Pernem taluka. Accordingly, police formed teams to verify the information and conduct searches.
Police said that they are still collecting information about the source of the drugs.
The ANC caught Chhatra Singh, 36, a native of Uttarakhand, from a rented room at Dando in Arambol and seized 2.1kg of charas, approximately worth Rs 10.5 lakh.
In the second case, Chandan Singh, 35, a native of Rajasthan, was arrested with 2.3kg of charas, approximately worth Rs 11.9 lakh, after receiving information that a person will come to deliver drugs at a petrol pump in Arambol.
Similarly, in the third case, the ANC had information that a person was likely to come to Kepkarwada, Arambol, to deliver the contraband. Police said that they laid a trap and caught Raju Lama, 35, a native of Himachal Pradesh with 2.5kg of charas, approximately worth Rs 12.5 lakh.
Pernem police caught a 43-year-old Austrian national Stefan Hechenberger with charas, approximately worth Rs 1.2 lakh from Thorlebag, Keri, Pernem, after receiving information, PI Jivba Dalvi said. Sources said that the accused has a history of drug peddling. He was arrested by Goa police in 2008.
Director general of police (DGP) Mukesh Kumar Meena had recently said that Goa police want a drug-free state as narcotics tarnish the state’s image. Asked why the police force does not reach the source of the drugs, Meena had said that instructions in this respect have been given to the force and in some cases they have done it. “Our emphasis is on tracing the sources,” the DGP had said.
Last week, Pernem police have seized cannabis plants, ganja and charas worth Rs 20 lakh from Korgao, Pernem and had arrested two accused arrested in the case. During the raid, ganja worth Rs 8,600, charas worth Rs 5.6 lakh and cannabis plants worth Rs 14 lakh were seized.
In the last two months, six raids on a cannabis plantation have been conducted at Pernem.