Goa Breaking: Anjuna club Hill Top owner Steve arrested by Hyderabad cops in drug case

PANAJI: The Hyderabad police have arrested the owner of the Vagator-Anjuna-based club and restaurant Hill Top (Hilltop), John Stephen D’Souza aka Steve D’souza aka Steve and one more person in a drug-related case. ALSO READ: Hyd court rejects anticipatory bail application of Curlies restaurant owner Edwin Nunes, could be arrested anytime

According to information provided to media persons by the Anjuna police, the Hyderabad cops led by Sreedhar Reddy – Police Inspector (Detection), Osmania University Police Station, Hyderabad City, Telangana State, arrested two persons, John Stephen D’Souza aka Steve, involved and named in CR No 374/2022 u/s 8C, 22(C) and section 27 of the NDPS Act. The Hyderabad cops were searching for the accused for the last few days but were unable to locate them. ALSO READ: Sonali Phogat was addicted to drugs, family did not know, blamed me, alleges PA

Tukaram Salgaocar (Salgaonkar) also from Goa is the second person arrested in the case by Hyderabad police, the Anjuna cops said. Both the arrested persons were wanted in drug-related offences filed in Hyderabad after some other accused were arrested earlier. ALSO READ: Sonali Phogat urinated in her underwear due to overdose, herself ordered drugs worth Rs 12,000 

The Anjuna police said that PI Sreedhar Reddy requested the Goa Police for assistance to apprehend the accused person and others including Manzur Ahmed, Vikas Naik, Ramesh Chowhan, Edwin Nunes (owner of Curlies restaurant), Sanja Govekar in CR No 374/2022. ALSO READ: Sonali Phogat herself ordered and paid for the drugs, she wanted a “big high”, alleges PA

The Anjuna police after consultation with senior Goa police officials and the PI of Anjuna Police station deputed Police Constable (PC) with buckle numbers 7668, 6645, Lady Police Constable (LPC) 8585 and Lady Home Guard (LHG) Akshada for the necessary assistance in locating and arresting the accused as per the FIR. ALSO READ: Drug peddler Pritesh Narayan Borkar reveals names of 25 Goan restaurant, clubs owners to Hyderabad police where drugs allegedly sold

The accused will be produced in a Goa court for a transit remand and will be taken to the Osmania University Police Station in Hyderabad where they will be again produced before a local magistrate for remand. ALSO READ: Hyd cops name Goan clubs Curlies and HillTop owners Edwin Nunes, Steve D’souza as “drug suppliers” 

The Hyderabad city cops were led by a special anti-drug enforcement cell of the Hyderabad narco police known as Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) and the Narcotics Investigation Supervision Wing (NISW). ALSO READ: More than 18 Goan clubs, restaurants on the radar of Hyderabad Narco cops

According to a report by Herald, John Stephen D’souza, the owner of the Hilltop restaurant in Anjuna reported sick during the mandatory medical examination after being arrested was admitted to the District Hospital in Mapusa. ALSO READ: Ten Goan nightclub owners under scanner of Hyd cops in drug-related cases

The Mapusa JMFC court accordingly adjourned the hearing on the application for a transit remand by the Hyderabad police for Thursday and directed them to file a health status report of the accused, the Herald report said. ALSO READ: After HillTop Steve’s arrest, four more Goan restaurant/club owners could be arrested soon