PANJIM: According to the Goa home department, 74 foreign nationals were booked in drugs-related cases in the coastal state in the last four years. In reply to a question in the state Legislative Assembly, Goa home minister Ravi Naik said this included Israelis, Norwegians, Dutch, Italians, Costa Rican, Japanese, Swedish and others.
But it is Nepalis who top the list of foreigners arrested under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Naik said that 29 Nepalis were arrested in the last four years. Besides, 19 Nigerians were arrested in drugs- related cases in the same period.
Several foreigners are working in Goa's off-shore casinos. According to Naik's reply -- tabled in the Assembly -- 14 foreign nationals are working on the off-shore casino boats.
Five are Russians, who are employed as dealer inspectors. Four UK nationals were working as casinos managers. Goa has a dozen of on-shore casinos and half a dozen off- shore ones, plying in the Mandovi River. – PTI
The main drug dealers (DONs) are politicians’ relatives and corrupt police gangs. Not enough is being done to eliminate the menace in Goa. The law too is soft on the dealers, Thailand is a tourist destination where possessing drugs carry out the harshest sentence leading to death penalty.
ReplyDeleteMr motorcycle pilot says it right, 74 foreigners arrested for drugs cases. what about the locals and your bast*rd son, Roy. Infact, its you the fuck*ng chamar of ponda who is the patron of drugs peddlers.
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