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After information received from Gujarat ATS, the Indian Coast Guard conducted a search operation late on Sunday night.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has seized 300 kg of drugs in Gujarat, which is said to be around Rs 1,800 crore. Seized drugs can be methmfetamine. The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Coast Guard have caught a consignment of drugs from the sea, 190 km from Porbandar as part of a joint operation on the night of 12-13 April.
Following information from Gujarat ATS, the Coast Guard sent a ship for search towards the International Marine Border Line (IMBL). Amidst the darkness, a team of Coast Guard spotted a boat. Asked the boat riders to identify. Fearful of this, smugglers threw the drugs into the sea and escaped by crossing the international border.
The Coast Guard team took out the drugs thrown into the sea with the help of a rescue boat. The boat is expected to have a connection with Pakistan. Currently, the drugs seized for investigation have been handed over to the ATS in Porbandar.
Significantly, Gujarat is now becoming an important route of drug smuggling. In April 2024 last year, ICG caught 86 kg drugs (price of 600 crores) near Porbandar. In February 2024, the Navy and NCB seized 3300 kg of drugs, priced at Rs 1300 to 2000 crores.
ICG on Monday informed about catching drugs on ‘X’.
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6 Citizens of Myanmar have been detained by Coastguard and Port Blair Police. (File)
The coastguard official said that the boat was seen by the pilot during the routine patrolling of Coast Guard’s Dornier Aircraft. On suspicion of drugs smuggling, the pilot tried to approach the boat, but they increased the speed of the boat and tried to escape. Read full news …
7 big cases of drug smuggling by sea route
- November 2024: Indian Coast Gord and Gujarat ATS seized 500 kg of drugs from Porbandar coast in Gujarat on 15 November. Its price was stated to be more than Rs 700 crore. Delhi NCB came to know about this drugs.
- September 2024: The Delhi Crime Branch busted the international drugs cartel on 30 September, seizing 228 kg of hemp. Which was estimated to be around Rs 1.14 crore in the international market. According to media reports, this drug came by sea route.
- April 2021: 8 Pakistanis were arrested with 30 kg of heroin worth Rs 150 crore.
- January 2020: A 35 kg heroin worth Rs 175 crore was seized from 5 Pakistanis from a fishing boat.
- August 2018: 2 people of Jam Salaya were caught with 5 kg of heroin. Investigations revealed that 100 kg of heroin was smuggled from Pakistan and brought to India, later it was seized.
- July 2017: A 1500 kg of heroin was seized from a trader ship on the sea shore of Gujarat.
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