PERNEM
A Nigerian national and a woman from Nachinola have been arrested in connection with the seizure of drugs and cash worth Rs 33.14 lakh were seized from a guest house in Bandekarwada, Morjim, in August.
According to reports, a Mandrem police team and the FRRO team had gone to the guest house on the night of August 22 during a joint check of foreigners illegally overstaying without valid documents.
During a check, two Senegalese nationals, Bouba Samba (31) and Aliou Moustapha (31) were found illegally possessing in their premises a whitish colour powder like substance suspected to be cocaine weighing 222.92 grams and valued at Rs 22,29,200 along with cash of Rs 10,85,300. The drugs and cash, all valued at Rs 33,14,500, were seized by police.
The two accused were placed under arrest and are presently in judicial custody.
During custodial interrogation of both accused persons and technical surveillance, police found out that a woman, Evilee Pereira (32) of Nachinola allegedly used to obtain money from the narcotic trade from the sources of the two accused persons and further deposit the money into various bank accounts which was further used in the narcotic trade. Police then arrested Pereira in this connection.
Mandrem police informed that a police team was later deployed at Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, where one Nigerian national William Ugochukwu Izuchukwu, was allegedly receiving the money to source the narcotic substance and for further trade.
Izuchukwu was detained in Uttar Pradesh and was bought at Mandrem Police Station on October 23, where he was placed under arrest for further investigation.
Further investigation is being carried out under the supervision of Police Inspector Girendre J Naik and guidance of Pernem SDPO Ashish Shirodkar and North Goa SP Rahul Gupta.
