Calangute local held with drugs worth Rs 75 K

The Goan NetworkPublished Oct 7, 2017, 5:32 AM IST

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PANAJI
The Anti Narcotic Cell of Goa Police on Friday night arrested a 44-year-old Calangute local with Rs 75,000 worth narcotic substance.
Resident of Maddowado, John Joao Lopes was arrested after he was caught red-handed while in possession of 15 gms of MDMA or "ecstasy" worth Rs 75,000 at Calangute.
The accused has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
Sources disclosed that the accused has previously been booked twice by the Calangute Police for being in illegal possession of commercial quantities of heroin. The police suspect that while he was addicted to heroin and used the narcotic substance rampantly, he was dealing in MDMA.

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Drishti to ‘reopen' beaches on Oct 9

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Published Oct 7, 2017, 5:30 AM IST

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the goan I networkPANAJIWith the monsoon season having come to an end and post-monsoon showers receding, Drishti Lifesaving, the state-appointed professional lifeguard agency will resume setting up of safe swim-zones on Goa's beaches from next week. Starting October 9, all beaches will be open to swimming. Drishti maps the weather and sea conditions each morning and accordingly sets up safe swim zones along the beaches which are manned by the agency," the agency said in a…