With the government not regulating watersports activities , the intense activity of vessels in the zone close to the shore can be probable causes of these turtles dying.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/three-more-dead-turtles-wash-ashore-in-state/articleshow/63061647.cms
Three more carcasses of Olive Ridley turtles washing up on Palolem and Benaulimbeaches during the last two days has added to the growing concern over the stranding of marine species on Goa’s coastline.
The two dead turtles were first found on Benaulim and Palolem beach on Friday. “Both were fresh and didn’t show much signs of injury,” a source said.
On Saturday, one more dead turtle was found in the surf zone at Benaulim beach. “This one, too, was fresh, with no signs of injury. It may have died just a few hours earlier,” a source said.
In the past, instances of injuries and deaths of flippered visitors along the coast were reported occasionally. But after an exercise to compile data on these strandings was initiated by marine conservation organization Terra Conscious, in association with the forest department and Drishti Marine, the figures are raising alarm.
In the first case, the crime branch arrested one Menino Felix Fernandes, a 58-year-old man from Anjuna, and seized drugs worth Rs 7.5 lakh during a raid conducted at Anjuna in the wee hours of Friday.
Fernandes was found possessing 67 gm of MDMA and 9.39 gm of cocaine, both worth around Rs 7.5 lakh, the police said.
“We had been tracking movements of the accused. We suspect that the accused has been into drug related activities for many years. The probe is on to ascertain if he has any accomplices in the crime,” said crime branch DySP Sammy Tavares.
In the second drug haul case, the ANC arrested one
Akshat Kumar (23), who hails from Bihar, during a raid conducted near the fish market, Arambol in Pernem taluka.
Acting on a tip-off, an ANC team conducted the raid in the wee hours of Friday and nabbed Kumar for illegal possession of 2.5 kg of suspected ganja and 1.1 kg of suspected charas, both worth around Rs 4.5 lakh.
The Anjuna raid was conducted by crime branch team PSI Marlon D’Souza along with PSIs Sujay Korgaonkar, Laxi Amonkar, Edwin Dias and the staffers – Vinayak Sawant, Sriram Salgaonkar, Vinay Srivastava and Ashok Gawade.
On the other hand, the ANC team that conducted the raid at Arambol was led by PSI Rahul Naik, who worked under the supervision of PI Suraj Halarnkar.
So many reports of Goans being caught with illegal narcotics . This is only an indication of the larger picture of who the users of these narcotics are our local Goan youth.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/man-held-for-possession-of-narcotics/articleshow/62811911.cms
The Verna police on Tuesday arrested Constancio Pinheiro, 37, a resident of Loutolim, for possessing 1,800g of marijuana (charas) estimated to be worth Rs 1.8 lakh.
Pinheiro was found to be moving suspiciously around the Verna industrial estate, when the police detained him.
The narcotic was found in his car, police said. Further investigations are on.
Goa is set to bring in Carnival this weekend
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The Police say that if complains come to them then they will arrest … now that it has come out in the media, what stops them from keeping strict watch around this area?
http://www.navhindtimes.in/calangute-residents-troubled-nuisance-created-drug-addicts/
