Anjuna (PTI): Over a month after British teenager Scarlett Keeling died on Anjuna after being drugged and raped, tourism has taken a back seat in this beach village that has now gained notoriety as Goa's 'drug capital'.

Intense police patrolling has prohibited 50-odd shacks to operate after midnight and stringent laws have affected tourism in Anjuna.

"I agree that police patrolling has helped to get things organised in the village. Police are doing a good job but it is affecting tourism here," village head Edwin Nunes, who himself is a shack owner, said.

A walk around the small lanes adjacent to the beach dotted with shops offering almost everything -- ayurvedic massages, tattoos, cyber cafe, bar and restaurant services -- cut a sorry figure of the tourism business here.

Anjuna earned huge media attention and adverse publicity after the Scarlett episode, which eventually resulted in this beach village being named as the drug capital.

Anjuna, Vagator, Caisuva beach belts have around 60 shacks and the biggest concentration of foreign tourists.

According to a retired police officer, who did not wish to be named, "Anjuna (A), Baga (B) and Calangute (C) sums up ABC of Goa's drug trade. Crackdown on these places can solve a major irritation".

A cross junction in this village, popularly known as Starco, is a meeting point for the tourists seeking drugs.