‘LSD hidden in books and photo frames’: Goa Police bust pan-India drug trafficking network

On Monday night, constabulary conducted searches astatine a rented flat successful North Goa’s Anjuna and arrested 1 accused, recovering narcotics worthy Rs 1.1 crore successful the planetary market, including 1,825 LSD blot papers. According to police, the accused is successful his 30s, is from South India, and has been surviving successful Goa for the past fewer years.

Tikam Singh Verma, SP anti-narcotics cell, said the accused procured a ample consignment of drugs done the “dark net” and supplied it to his customers, who are mostly from the enactment circuit successful large cities of the country.

“The accused utilized to person the contraband hidden successful books and photograph frames done courier and further utilized to nonstop them to his customers crossed the state done courier arsenic per their requirement,” SP Singh said.

Based connected disclosures and further questioning of the accused, the anti-narcotics compartment conducted different hunt successful Anjuna and arrested 1 of his associates. Police recovered contraband worthy Rs 2.5 lakh, including cocaine, charas and DMT, from his possession.

Police said a commercialized quantity of DMT – a potent synthetic hallucinogen – was seized during the searches. According to police, DMT is utilized for a “spiritual ceremony” known arsenic ‘Ayahauska’, conducted by the narcotics users successful hinterlands successful the state, wherever DMT is typically mixed with antithetic herbs and administered orally oregon done inhalation of smoke.

“The 2nd accused has been surviving successful Goa for the past 10 years and was antecedently arrested successful a drugs lawsuit successful his autochthonal spot for possession of LSD,” said a constabulary officer.

Police said this was the 5th narcotics related raid conducted by the anti-narcotics compartment successful the past fortnight, and that much arrests are likely.