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How Vasai’s narco queen uses kiddie peddlers as shields
Updated On: 29 March, 2024 04:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
Her tactics have become a big headache for law enforcement agencies who say taking action against minors makes their job tricky
Ganesh, elder son of Sharda Gopi Banjara (right). Pics/Hanif Patel
A middle-aged woman has been giving sleepless nights to cops in Nalasopara East, where she runs a drug business. Approximately two dozen cases have been registered at Tulinj and Achole police stations against the narco queen Sharda Gopi Banjara and her family, including her husband and two children. Sharda, in her early 50s, has earned the moniker ‘Pudi’ in recent years for packaging small packets containing ganja or marijuana to discreetly sell for quick profits.
Although law enforcement agencies claim to be vigilant in combating the drug menace, the sale of drugs is expected to increase ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Despite the tight vigilance of local police in Vasai taluka, the drug queen ‘Pudi’ has been recruiting underage children to peddle small packets of ganja, which her husband fetches from Nashik, said a senior police officer requesting anonymity.
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