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Goa Police Add 46 Jeeps During Statewide Anti-Drug Drive
Goa Police have received 46 Bolero Neo Plus jeeps at a cost of about Rs. 5.26 crore, in what Chief Minister Pramod Sawant called the department’s largest single vehicle addition. Twelve vehicles…
The Story in Brief
Goa Police have received 46 Bolero Neo Plus jeeps at a cost of about Rs. 5.26 crore, in what Chief Minister Pramod Sawant called the department’s largest single vehicle addition. Twelve vehicles will patrol highways with GPS, wireless communication and armed personnel. The remaining jeeps will go to traffic cells and district police stations.
In a separate operation named Operation Prahar, police arrested 12 people and registered 10 cases under the NDPS Act. Teams seized LSD, cocaine, ketamine and ecstasy, checked 11 trains, more than 120 interstate buses and over 1,000 vehicles. Officers verified more than 500 bus passengers across Goa.
The Indian Opinion
The biggest claims here are that more vehicles automatically mean safer roads and that a single overnight drug operation proves the crackdown is working. Neither follows from the figures alone. The fleet must be judged by patrol coverage, response times and vehicle use, while Operation Prahar needs prosecutions that withstand court scrutiny. The useful numbers to watch are repeat seizures, charge sheets and convictions over the next six months.
Source: timesnownews.com
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