PANAJI
On Thursday, a team of the Crime Branch led by Police Inspector Rahul Parab carried out a narcotics raid in Calangute arresting Tony Fernandes with 68 grams of suspected high quality charas worth over Rs 90,000.
Interestingly, the Crime Branch is now probing Fernandes’ links, as a drug supplier, with the recent rave party case, which is also being investigated by the Crime Branch.
It may be recalled that Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials had raided a resort in Calangute earlier this week and arrested a man who
was allegedly involved in trafficking of bud (curated marijuana).The NCB had also conducted intensive operations against the illegal import of marijuana, which is primarily sourced from the USA and Canada and has huge market demand in Mumbai.The NCB officials were led to the State after its operations in Mumbai had found links with Goa.
Officials said that a total of 3.5 kg of bud had been seized from foreign post offices based on specific inputs.A café owner from Anjuna was also on the radar of the NCB who was summoned to the Mumbai office for interrogation.
