Officers are questioning the suspects to search out out particulars in regards to the drug consignment. (File)
In a large medication bust, an Iranian boat carrying over 500 kg of narcotics has been caught off Gujarat’s Porbandar after an in a single day mid-sea operation. These on board the vessel have been detained and are being questioned to search out out the supply of the medication and the place such an enormous consignment was headed, officers mentioned.
A joint operation within the sea of Porbandar by the officers from the Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) and the federal anti-drugs company Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) led to the seizure.
The boat got here below the radar close to the Worldwide Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) – which separates the worldwide waters, after which it was delivered to Porbandar.
Additional searches are on for suspected vessels and extra inbound consignments of medicine as officers keep watch over the ocean routes for smuggling of narcotics.
Officers are additionally questioning the suspects to search out out particulars in regards to the drug consignment.
It is also below investigation if Pakistan was the supply of the medication. A number of stories have accused Pakistan of pushing medication throughout the border to fund their terror actions.
Gujarat witnessed one other main drug bust three weeks in the past with narcotics substances price over Rs 250 crore being seized from the Avsar Enterprise in Ankleshwar, Bharuch district. An analogous operation prior to now had led to seizure of medicine price Rs 5,000 crore from the Aavkar Medication Restricted in Ankleshwar.
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