Six Pakistan nationals held with medication value Rs 200 crore off Gujarat coast
2 min readBy PTI
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad in a joint operation with the Indian Coast Guard seized 40 kg heroin value Rs 200 crore from a Pakistani fishing boat within the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast on Wednesday, a senior ATS official mentioned.
Six Pakistani crew members of the boat have been additionally apprehended, he mentioned.
The fishing boat carrying medication was intercepted mid-sea by a joint staff of the Coast Guard and ATS close to Jakhau harbour in Kutch district, the official mentioned.
“The heroin was meant to be transported to Punjab by road after being offloaded on the Gujarat coast. Based on a specific tip- off, we intercepted the boat which left from Pakistan, and caught six Pakistani nationals with 40 kg of heroin,” he mentioned.
The ATS and Coast Guard officers together with the seized boat are anticipated to achieve the Jakhau coast later within the day, he mentioned.
The state ATS and the Coast Guard had foiled comparable makes an attempt of drug smuggling up to now additionally and caught international nationals with large portions of narcotics which they deliberate to smuggle into India by way of the Gujarat coast.
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad in a joint operation with the Indian Coast Guard seized 40 kg heroin value Rs 200 crore from a Pakistani fishing boat within the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast on Wednesday, a senior ATS official mentioned.
Six Pakistani crew members of the boat have been additionally apprehended, he mentioned.
The fishing boat carrying medication was intercepted mid-sea by a joint staff of the Coast Guard and ATS close to Jakhau harbour in Kutch district, the official mentioned.
“The heroin was meant to be transported to Punjab by road after being offloaded on the Gujarat coast. Based on a specific tip- off, we intercepted the boat which left from Pakistan, and caught six Pakistani nationals with 40 kg of heroin,” he mentioned.
The ATS and Coast Guard officers together with the seized boat are anticipated to achieve the Jakhau coast later within the day, he mentioned.
The state ATS and the Coast Guard had foiled comparable makes an attempt of drug smuggling up to now additionally and caught international nationals with large portions of narcotics which they deliberate to smuggle into India by way of the Gujarat coast.
