Panaji: Even as Goa Branch is probing
charges against six police officials for their alleged links
with drug peddlers, the state DGP Friday said "drugs are
non-existent" in the tourist hot spot.
"We have practised a no tolerance attitude towards
narcotic trade which has helped us fetch big drug dealers. I
can say with all the confidence that drugs are virtually non-
existent in the state," DGP B S Bassi told reporters.
Interestingly, a month back the state police had stumbled
upon a video clip on Internet which showed an Israeli drug
dealer identified as Atala narrating how drugs from Anti
Narcotic Cell's lockers are pushed into the market by its
officers themselves.
The investigations into the tape had led to arrest of
five policemen, including a police inspector.
PTI
First Published: Friday, April 23, 2010, 23:40