Goemkarponn desk
PORVORIM: Porvorim Police have seized cannabis-based medicinal products from a
store at Porvorim – Goa. Porvorim Police, on 10/05/2022 at late evening.
Police said they received information that a store cum pharmacy, namely Cannadoc Clinic
is operating in a building nearby NH-66. Accordingly, police visited the
said store and found various medicinal products containing Cannabis being
displayed for sale. Upon inquiring about the permissions or licenses required for selling cannabis-based products in a store in Goa, the staff could not provide any documents.
Accordingly, as no permission was found for selling the cannabis-based medicines/products in Goa from any authority, the police seized all the products weighing approximately 7 kgs. The total worth of seized products
is Rs. 2,23,012/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Twenty Three Thousand Only). The
confiscated products consist of various gummies, churan/ digestive powder, etc.
Police have registered an offense under section 20(b) (ii)(B) of the NDPS Act,
1985 against the owner of the store cum pharmacy, Mr. Arjun Khanna N/o Delhi.
The raiding team was supervised by SP North Shobit Saxena, IPS, SDPO Porvorim Vishwesh Karpe and consisted of PI Anant Gaonkar, PSI Sitaram Malik, head constable Sandeep Parab, constables Utkarsh Dessai and Neha Desai
Further investigation is in progress.