BJP youth leader Pamela Goswami arrested in West Bengal with 100 grams of cocaine

Local media reports said Pamela Goswami was allegedly caught with cocaine in a car in which she was travelling.

Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha leaders Pamela Goswami and Prabir De have been arrested by the West Bengal Police with a banned substance.

News agency ANI reported that the duo was arrested from New Alipore in state capital Kolkata allegedly with 100 grams of cocaine.

The value of the cocaine is being pegged in lakhs of rupees.

Local media reports said Pamela was allegedly caught with cocaine in a car in which she was travelling.

The police have launched an investigation into the matter.

The duo will be produced before a court tomorrow and police will seek their custody to proceed with the investigation.

As per reports, the police had suspected that Pamela was involved in the purchase of narcotics and had been observing her movements for some time.

The development has come just months before the Assembly Elections in West Bengal wherein the BJP is aiming to emerge as the single-largest party, thereby dethroning Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in the process.