Pune man held with drugs worth Rs 6.8 lakh
The anti-narcotic cell arrested a native of Pune for allegedly being in possession of dangerous methamphetamine worth Rs 6.8 lakh. He arrived in Goa to distribute drugs in the party circuit.
'The accused, identified as Krushna Sonkellu, 28, from Dapodi, Pune, was arrested on Saturday evening during a narcotic raid at Chopdem,' deputy superintendent of police (dySP) ANC Nerlon Albuquerque said.
ANC sleuths said that he was involved in an interstate drug supply. The ANC officials had been working on the information for three days and traced the accused, Albuquerque said.
'He arrived in Goa on Friday morning, intending to distribute the drugs in the party circuit, and checked into a local guest house at Arambol. Continuing their surveillance, the ANC received a tip-off that the accused was coming to Chopdem to sell the narcotics,' Albuquerque said.'However, his nefarious plans were ruined by the ANC as they nabbed him at Chopdem along with the contraband he brought from Pune,' Albuquerque said.
'Preliminary interrogation of the accused revealed that he procured the drugs from Mumbai and then later came to Goa via his hometown, Pune.'
The accused was produced before JMFC Pernem and remanded to five days police custody.
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