PANAJI
Various raids across the State by the Anti-Narcotics Cell and the police in the last 10 months have yielded seizures of narcotics worth Rs 4.2 crore, majority of the haul being seized from coastal areas.
From January 1 to October 21, 2020, in nearly 10 months, 109 drug-related cases were registered with arrest of 125 persons. The raiding agencies confiscated 101 Kgs of narcotic substance in the process during this period.
Out of the total of 109 drug cases registered in 10 months, a huge chunk of 73 cases were registered in the coastal areas with the arrests of 81 persons.
From among the coastal police stations, Calangute tops in making the most the seizures 16 drugs-related cases registered at this police station. Anjuna and Pernem police stations are closely behind with 12 cases each.
Cases registered in other police stations are - crime branch 11, Margao 7, Mapusa 6, Fatorda 5, Canacona 4, Cuncolim 2, one case each in Dabolim airport, Railways, Old Goa, Mormugoa and Colva police station while the anti-narcotics cell has registered 13 cases.
Of those arrested, non-Goans make up for 59 of the total number of 125 arrests made in drug-related cases while 27 are foreign nationals.
Nigerians top the list of foreign nationals who have been arrested with 8 of them landing in police net in the last 10 months. Other foreign nationals are Russians (6), Nepalese (3), German (2), and one national each from Turkey, Lebanon, Ivory Coast, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Xec Republic, and Netherlands.
Seizure of ganja was the most at 47.94 percent of the total dope seized while wild cannabis was around 43.64 percent. Almost 8 percent of narcotic substances seized were synthetic drugs.
