PERNEM
Three persons were arrested and drugs worth Rs 3.45 lakh were seized in a raid at Morjim on Thursday.
According to Pernem Police Inspector Jivba Dalvi, police received information that three persons living in a rented house near Khind-Morjim were allegedly involved in illegal drug dealings.
Accordingly, a discreet watch was maintained through physical and technical surveillance and the exact room of the accused persons was traced.
PI Dalvi formed his team comprising PSI Praful Giri, PSI Vivek Haldankar, PC Mahesh Naik, PC Vinod Pednekar, PC Swapnil Shirodkar, PC Vishnu and PC Satish to conduct the raid.
The police team conducted a raid and found various types of drugs in the possession of the accused, Shabab Iliyas Khan (39) of Bangalore, Imran Noor Mohammad (36) of north east Delhi and Niyazuddin Kamaluddin (29) of Bangalore.
The drugs found during the raid were Ecstasy 33 tablets worth Rs 1.5 lakh, 14 packets of MDMA worth Rs 1.9 lakh and ganja, all worth a combined Rs 3.45 lakh.
All accused persons are arrested under Sections 20(b)(ii)(A), 22(C) r/w 29 NDPS Act and are in police custody. Police are finding out more details regarding the accused persons.
Further investigation is in progress under the guidance of SDPO Salim Shaikh and supervision of SP North Shobhit Sexsena.
