Goa targets drink, drugs as new tourist season starts | NEWS.com.au
THE Indian resort state of Goa is getting tough on drink, drugs and loud music as the new tourist season starts, to restore its tarnished reputation after the shock murder of a British teenager.
Scarlett Keeling's death earlier this year cast a long shadow over the party state in western India, with claims that drug abuse and drunken debauchery were taking place with the full knowledge of the police.
But the local force is now looking to crack down on the practice as the first foreign visitors arrive in search of fun and winter warmth on Goa's inviting tropical beaches.
"From this season onwards, shack (beach hut) owners will be held responsible for drug consumption, sale or deals in their premises," police superintendent Bosco George said.
Scarlett, 15, had been on a six-month holiday with her family when she was found dead on a beach in February.
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