Panaji: An Odisha native has been arrested by Goa police’s crime branch for alleged illegal possession of narcotics worth Rs 40 lakh.
The arrested has been identified as Jitendra Nayak (28).
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He was caught during a raid near the Margao wholesale fish market on Sunday and found in possession of 4kg of “flowering and fruiting tops of a plant suspected to be ganja”.
An FIR has been registered against him under various sections of the NDPS Act, 1985, and further investigation is underway.
