PERNEM: Pernem Police arrested Larsen Richard, aged 34 years, native of Bandra, Mumbai and Rene Neel Santan D’Souza, aged 44 years, resident of Korgao, Pernem for illegally possessing drugs worth Rs 20 lakh including Cannabis plants, ganja and charas.
According to Pernem Police Station Police Inspector Jivba Dalvi, information was received from intelligence regarding drug activities going on at Korgao and accordingly watch was being maintained in the area for the last few days.
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Finally, on Monday, a raid was conducted by team of Pernem Police during which ganja worth Rs 8,600, charas worth Rs 5.6 lakh and Cannabis plants worth Rs 14 lakh was found in possession of the accused persons.
PI Dalvi informed that the raid was conducted in a house at Korgao and during the raid it was found that favourable environment was created for cultivation of Cannabis as tube lights, temperature moderating machines and exhaust fans were found to be placed in the cultivation room.
The police have registered an offence under Sections 20(B)(II)(A), 20(B)(II)(B), and 20(A) R/W Section 29 of NDPS Act against the two accused persons. Further investigation is in progress under the supervision of SDPO Gajanan Prabhudesai and SP North Shobit Saxena, IPS.
The team was led by PI Dalvi consisting of PSI Praful Giri, constables Vinod Pednekar, Anishkumar Poke, Ravi Mhaloji, Vishal Naik, Gajanan Sawant, Rohan Velgekar and Kiran Parab.
