French national held for possessing drugs worth Rs 12.50 lakh

A 51-year-old French national was arrested for allegedly possessing drugs worth Rs 12.50 lakh from Anjuna beach village, police said today.

Sleuths of the Anti-Narcotics Cell yesterday arrested Regis Olmeta from the village, a senior police official said.

Olmeta, who was holidaying in the coastal state, had rented a room in the village. Police found LSD weighing 4.515 grams approximately worth Rs 12.50 lakh from the room, the officer said.

A case under relevant sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered and a probe was on, he added.