In the first incident, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) sub zonal unit Goa along with a team of NCB, Mumbai arrested two foreign nationals Ugochukwu Solomon Ubabuko (Nigeria) and John Infinity alias David (Congo) in Mazal Wado, Assagao
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Three people, including a peddler linked with Sushant Singh Rajput csae, were arrested with narcotics in Goa in two separate incidents on Sunday and Monday.
In the first incident, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) sub zonal unit Goa along with a team of NCB, Mumbai arrested two foreign nationals Ugochukwu Solomon Ubabuko (Nigeria) and John Infinity alias David (Congo) in Mazal Wado, Assagao and recovered 41 blots of LSD (commercial quantity), 28 gram charas, 22 gram cocaine, 1.1 kg marijuana , 160 gram of white powder believed to be narcotics/ drugs/psychotropic Substance, 500 gram blue crystal substance suspected to be psychotropic and an amount of Rs 10,000, said NCB officials.
Accused Ugochukwu Solomon Ubabuko. Pic Courtesy/ Diwakar Sharma
Accused John Infinity. Pic Courtesy/ Diwakar Sharma
Investigation revealed that Ubabuko had earlier been arrested in 2013 by Goa police. During follow-up action, the NCB team searched the premises of one Prasad Walke and recovered LSD blots (commercial quantity) on Monday.
NCB is on the lookout for Walke and his associates. Walke is a history sheeter who was earlier booked by NCB, Goa in 2018 for trafficking drugs.
Accused Hemant Sah. Pic Courtesy/ Diwakar Sharma
In a second operation on Sunday, NCB, Mumbai arrested a major drug supplier Hemant Sah alias Maharaj from Miramar, Panjim. Sah, a native of Madhya Pradesh, who had been running a shack along North Goa’s Morjim beach for several years had been named as a supplier by two alleged Mumbai-based drug dealers Anuj Keswani and Regan Mahakaal, who have been booked into the agency’s high profile drug probe linked with the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. After locating in Miramar area, his premises was raided in the late evening which resulted in recovery of 15 blots of LSD (commercial quantity) and 30 gram charas.
