Youth held with drugs at Karapur

BICHOLIM

: Remote areas of Goa haven’t seem to be spared from

drug peddling

. In a raid conducted by the Bicholim police, a youth from

Poriem

in

Sattari

was allegedy found in possession of ganja. The police said that 80g of ganja was recovered from

Suraj Shetye

, 26, when the police conducted a raid near a garage at Karapur-Tisk, Bicholim, on Friday night. Bicholim police said they received information from reliable sources about a youth engaged in possessing and supplying narcotics items at Karapur-Tisk. On receiving the information, a police team went to the site and arrested Shetye. The accused has been booked under Section 20(01) of the

NDPS Act

,

1985

. PSI Pritesh Madgaonkar is conducting further investigation under the guidance of PI Narayan Chimulkar.