17 Aug 2017 | 05:13am IST
Lobo to submit list of cops involved in drugs after by-polls
MAPUSA: Deputy Speaker and Calangute MLA Michael Lobo has said that he would submit a list of police officers involved in drugs to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar after the by-elections to the Panjim and Valpoi Assembly constituencies.
MAPUSA: Deputy Speaker and Calangute MLA Michael Lobo has said that he would submit a list of police officers involved in drugs to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar after the by-elections to the Panjim and Valpoi Assembly constituencies.
Addressing the press, he said, “After the elections, I will sit with the chief minister and have a discussion on this issue and will also give names of police officers who are involved in drug trade.”
Replying to the allegations of former Calangute sarpanch Joseph Sequeira that he is shielding pedlars, Lobo said, “Instead of playing political game, let’s work together to curb drugs in Goa.”
The MLA criticised Sequeira “for not doing anything” to curb the drug trade in Calangute. “But in last five years drugs trade in Candolim, Calangute, and Baga is completely stopped,” he claimed.
“Now outsiders are coming to Calangute and selling drugs peddling in small quantities. Also, the Nigerians who were selling drugs in Tito’s lane are completely stopped,” he said.
“We are trying to clear all illegal activities especially drug trade in Goa in any method possible,” he added.
