PANAJI/MAPUSA:" "We had given the names of some people to the police who are engaged in selling drugs. Today, these people are in jail. My colleague, Goa Forward Party MLA Vinoda Palyekar, is raising his voice against this and despite that, the drug pedlars are operating on a large scale," said Lobo.
Meanwhile, Curtorim legislator Reginaldo Lourenço alleged that tourists and locals alike were being brazenly sold drugs within nightclubs and discotheques as well as other locations including late night parties and that the government was not doing anything about it.
Several recent incidents have brought the spotlight on the drug trade in the state most importantly the death of two tourists due to suspected drug overdose in Anjuna.
A 28-year-old native of Tamil Nadu died while attending a rave party early Sunday morning along the popular coastal belt in Anjuna. Pravin Surendran arrived in Goa along with his friends on Saturday evening and headed straight to a party hosted in Vagator. The other death, also suspected to be that of drug overdose was registered by the Anjuna Police as a case of unnatural death.
To add fuel to the issue, the police also arrested three locals from Bengaluru-Karnataka in possession of Charas on Monday morning. Darius Sarigala (19), Akash Prasad (19), Morcio Mullan (19) were arrested with 7.7 grams of Charas worth Rs 8,000.
Earlier, in the wake of the two drug overdose deaths, Water Resources Minister Vinoda Paliencar who is currently out of the country, had telephonic conversation with North Goa SP Chandan Choudhury seeking that she crackdown on late night parties and the availability of drugs especially in his constituency.
Meanwhile, Curtorim legislator Reginaldo Lourenço alleged that tourists and locals alike were being brazenly sold drugs within nightclubs and discotheques as well as other locations including late night parties and that the government was not doing anything about it.
Several recent incidents have brought the spotlight on the drug trade in the state most importantly the death of two tourists due to suspected drug overdose in Anjuna.
A 28-year-old native of Tamil Nadu died while attending a rave party early Sunday morning along the popular coastal belt in Anjuna. Pravin Surendran arrived in Goa along with his friends on Saturday evening and headed straight to a party hosted in Vagator. The other death, also suspected to be that of drug overdose was registered by the Anjuna Police as a case of unnatural death.
To add fuel to the issue, the police also arrested three locals from Bengaluru-Karnataka in possession of Charas on Monday morning. Darius Sarigala (19), Akash Prasad (19), Morcio Mullan (19) were arrested with 7.7 grams of Charas worth Rs 8,000.
Earlier, in the wake of the two drug overdose deaths, Water Resources Minister Vinoda Paliencar who is currently out of the country, had telephonic conversation with North Goa SP Chandan Choudhury seeking that she crackdown on late night parties and the availability of drugs especially in his constituency.
