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PANAJI
The narcotics drug situation in Goa is not as serious as some other cities of the country and the impression created that there is a single kingpin controlling the trade is incorrect, Superintendent of Police (Crime) Kartik Kashyap has said.
Kashyap who has in the past been in charge as the supervisory officer of the Anti Narcotics Cell of the Goa Police has said that the availability of drugs in Goa was largely down to there being a market for it on account of Goa being a touris
PANAJI
The narcotics drug situation in Goa is not as serious as some other cities of the country and the impression created that there is a single kingpin controlling the trade is incorrect, Superintendent of Police (Crime) Kartik Kashyap has said.
Kashyap who has in the past been in charge as the supervisory officer of the Anti Narcotics Cell of the Goa Police has said that the availability of drugs in Goa was largely down to there being a market for it on account of Goa being a touris
t destination.
"Goa does not produce drugs and nor does it consume drugs in quantities like Mumbai or Delhi or Punjab or some North Eastern States. What happens is drugs are brought in by tourists who sell the drugs to then fund their two to three months holiday here," Kashyap said.
He said that the drugs are often slipped through airports in small quantities and cannot be detected because they are either concealed in medicine bottles and do not ideally attract attention the way gold or metal does.
"If you are under the impression that there is a single kingpin who has the entire state and enforcement machinery and the police and government in his pocket that is not correct," Kashyap said.
Kashyap was taking part in an informal interaction where he spoke on a whole range of issues including his life as a policeman, the movies that keep him ticking, his life in the academy and his present posting in Goa.
"Goa does not produce drugs and nor does it consume drugs in quantities like Mumbai or Delhi or Punjab or some North Eastern States. What happens is drugs are brought in by tourists who sell the drugs to then fund their two to three months holiday here," Kashyap said.
He said that the drugs are often slipped through airports in small quantities and cannot be detected because they are either concealed in medicine bottles and do not ideally attract attention the way gold or metal does.
"If you are under the impression that there is a single kingpin who has the entire state and enforcement machinery and the police and government in his pocket that is not correct," Kashyap said.
Kashyap was taking part in an informal interaction where he spoke on a whole range of issues including his life as a policeman, the movies that keep him ticking, his life in the academy and his present posting in Goa.
