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Pensioner paraded in hood after alleged drugs bust in India is convicted paedophile
07.09.2022 - 22:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A pensioner paraded in a hood by police officers in India after allegedly being caught with a huge drugs haul is a convicted paedophile jailed for abusing two young girls in the 70s and 80s, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. Stephen Slotwiner, 76, formerly of Rochdale, was arrested in Goa after officers said they found him with £16,000 of drugs.
Cannabis, ecstasy and LSD were reportedly discovered at Mr Slotwiner's rented accommodation in a beach village in the north of the state on Monday, local media reports. The police reportedly seized 12.2 gm of ganja (cannabis), 40 ecstasy tablets, 26 LSD papers and the same number of capsules of the psychedelic drug and 80gm of MDMA, a synthetic psychoactive drug.
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Police Inspector Dattaram Raut confirmed the raid had taken place and drugs had been recovered. Mr Slotwiner was paraded in a hood by officers in a shaming act. He was pictured in a pink vest, yellow shorts and sandals while flanked by several police officers for Goa State.
In 2012 Mr Slotwiner, a former salesman and top amateur football referee, was jailed for six years at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to nine counts of indecent assault. On Wednesday a relative said Mr Slotwiner had had no contact with his family since his conviction.
It's thought he was released from prison around 2015 and may have moved to India in the years following his release. The drugs case against Mr Slotwiner was registered under the NDPS Act, the police added.
If found guilty he could face six months in prison. It comes after Goa's chief minister's recent demands for a police crackdown on the drug trade in the state.
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