Drugs worth Rs.2 crore seized in Goa

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IANS Panaji
Last Updated : Oct 17 2013 | 1:26 PM IST

Police seized amphetamine, a party drug, worth Rs.2 crore in Goa and arrested a Briton and an Indian for possessing it.

The seizure followed two police raids late Wednesday.

The first seizure was at an abandoned helipad and the other at a pharmacy, both close to Calangute beach, one of the popular beach tourism destinations, located 20 km from here.

The Briton was identified as Gary Baird and the Indian as Rajendra Gowda-Patil, Superintendent Kartik Kashyap in the anti-narcotics cell said.

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First Published: Oct 17 2013 | 1:24 PM IST