Italian DJ Michael Lawrence Steffenoni aka DJ Bobblehead arrested in Goa in a drugs case, has close links with club owners in Baga, Anjuna and Vagator

PANAJI: Italian disc jockey (DJ) Michael Lawrence Steffenoni aka DJ Bobblehead who was arrested by the Goa police after drugs worth Rs 55 lakh were recovered from his rented room, had close links with several club and pub owners in Goa particularly in the North Goa coastal belt area, knowledgeable sources claimed.

He is also a sleeping or secret business partner in 1-2 clubs in the coastal belt notorious for their rave, trance and drug-laced parties located in Candolim, Baga, Vagator, Anjuna and Morjim.

Police said he was staying in a rented room at Assagao village in North Goa district from where the narcotics were recovered.

Steffenoni also has links with the Russian drug mafia or peddlers operating in Goa and was linked with a local group of drug peddlers working in places like HillTop, where drugs were sold.

Steffenoni, 32, was to perform in at least two parties in the coastal state and was arrested along with one Neil Walter, 28, from the former’s rented house in Assagao in North Goa, according to a police statement.

“The accused is one of the top names in the psy party circuit and was working as a resident DJ in a popular nightclub in Vagator (North Goa). The accused DJ was scheduled to be in two shows at two different popular night clubs in Anjuna and Vagator area on September 2 and 3,” Goa superintendent of police (SP), Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC), Bossuet Silva said.

Police also suspect that the said contraband was brought by the DJ for sale and distribution during the above cited events.