GOA HOT SPOT FOR DRUGS : NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU

Even as the Narcotics Control Bureau said that Goa, along with Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, has emerged as “hot spots” for drugs, two patrolling Tivim railway station caught three Nepalis red-handed with charas worth about Rs 10 lakh . The trio, who had arrived from Delhi, was carrying 9.825 kg of charas concealed under ghee in two plastic cans. The arrest vindicates NCB’s report that that drug cartels have in these three states well established networks that deal in cocaine, charas, Ecstasy and LSD, besides other synthetic drugs. Some places in the tourist hubs of Goa, Himachal and Rajasthan have attained wide publicity on the internet, being projected as ‘hash destinations’, NCB said in its 2008 annual report.