Drugs worth Rs 5.5 lakh seized near Colvale Jail, one held

THE GOAN NETWORK MAPUSAPublished Nov 28, 2025, 1:10 AM IST

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Police seized 5.4 kgs of ganja worth Rs 5.5 lakh near the Central Jail at Colvale on Thursday and arrested a youth from Rajasthan in this connection.

The police carried out a raid between 11.40 pm and 2 pm, after receiving information that a drug sale was expected to take place on the national highway near Colvale Jail.

As soon as the accused, Govind Rameshwar Kumar Rangi (19) of Bilaspur-Rajasthan got down from a passenger bus at the scene, police took him into custody.

During a search, 5.4 kgs of ganja valued at Rs 5.5 lakh was found in his possession. Police seized the ganja and later arrested the accused in this connection. Further investigation is being conducted by the police under the guidance of Police Inspector Sanjit Kandolkar and supervision of DySP Wilson D’Souza and North Goa SP Harishchandra Madkaikar.

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Odisha man nabbed in Colva with suspected ganja worth Rs 43,800

THE GOAN NETWORK MARGAO

Published Nov 28, 2025, 1:09 AM IST

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The Colva police have claimed to have caught red handed a native of Odisha for possessing flowery like substance suspecting to be ganja.Weighing around 438 grams, the substance is valued around Rs 43,800 in the market.Colva police informed that the accused James Lima s/o Bibhu Das, aged 29 years, native ofOdisha was caught red handed near a Chapel at Botlem ward, Seraulim.The accused has been booked under section 20(b)(ii)(A) of NDPS Act.