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By Dr Olav and Deborah Albuquerque

THE Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested Danish Chikna, a close accomplice of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and “kingpin” of a drug syndicate, from Goa, officials said on Wednesday.
Danish Chikna alias Danish Merchant, who had been on the run, looked after operations of the drug network linked to Dawood’s gang in the country, an official said. The fact that he was arrested in Goa speaks volumes about how this tiny state has joined the national mainstream in the international drug network which includes Punjab and the north-eastern states. Some children of former chief ministers were also believed to be involved in the sale of drugs, which was why the British teenager Scarlett Keeling was murdered, but it was made to look like a suicide with no FIR having been registered.
The NCB has arrested Danish and three other persons and seized 1.341 kg of mephedrone from their possession, he said.

INTELLIGENCE INPUTS
BASED on intelligence inputs, the NCB Mumbai on September 18 intercepted a person in Pune, from whom 502 gm of mephedrone was seized.
In the immediate follow-up, 839 gm of the contraband was seized from another drug associate at the home of Danish and his wife in Mumbai, the official said.
During the probe, Danish, the “kingpin,” and his wife were identified to be operating the drug syndicate. They had been on the run and travelled across multiple states to dodge the movement trail, he said.
After intensive follow-up action, they were located at a holiday resort in Goa.
The NCB team apprehended them from the resort in Goa on October 25. After interrogation, both were placed under arrest, the NCB said in a statement.
DANISH is a habitual drug offender. The NCB and Rajasthan police had previously registered three cases against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, according to the official.
The Mumbai police have also registered seven criminal cases against him. The police had externed him, ordering him to stay out of the Mumbai municipal limits, the statement said.
SMUGGLING RACKET
IN March, the Goa Police Crime Branch dismantled a well-organized international drug smuggling racket linked to the Golden Triangle. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Goutham M, a 26-year-old from Bangalore, in possession of 11.672 kg of hydroponic weed worth Rs 11.67 crore in Guirim, Mapusa. The operation, led by PI Tushar Lotlikar, uncovered his role as a mule transporting drugs from Bangkok to India.
Further investigations led to the arrest of Shilna A, a key coordinator based in Bangalore, on March 12 by a team under PI Vikas Deykar. Financial tracking exposed Sreejil P P from Kannur, Kerala, as the gang’s financer, who was arrested on March 19 by PI Kishore Ramanan’s team.
Police have issued Look-Out Circulars (LOCs) and Blue Notices for other absconding members hiding in Thailand. The arrests, supervised by DySP Rajesh Kumar and SP Rahul Gupta IPS, marked a significant success in curbing the drug trade in Goa.
Shailesh Shetty, who was arrested for the murder of an RTI activist in Salvador do Mundo, Vilas Mether, was also allegedly involved in the narcotics trade and is believed to be a close friend of a top Goa cabinet minister who was protecting him and under whom Zenito Carodozo the notorious gangster, is also linked. The same Shailesh Shetty was one of the key organizers of the annual Sunburn festival, which was vehemently opposed by local villagers because of the rampant drug use and loud music, which disturbed the locals.

NOTORIOUS MORJIM
MORJIM is a notorious beach where drugs are freely available. When the locals and foreigners complained to the police about the loud music being played past midnight, the police used to get phone calls from the same minister who would direct them not to take any action.
(Dr Olav Albuquerque holds a Ph.D in law and is a senior journalist cum advocate of the Bombay High Court while Deborah Albuquerque holds the BCom, cAIIB and LLM degrees and is also a practising advocate of the high court.)

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