Seized treatment from a ship off Kerala coast linked to Pakistan-based group

By Express News Service

KOCHI: The treatment consignment worth spherical `20,000 crore seized from a ship off Kerala coast has hyperlinks to the ill-famous Karachi-based Haji Salim group, says the Narcotics Control Bureau.

Around 2,500kg of high-grade methamphetamine (meth) had been seized on Saturday in a joint operation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Indian Navy from a mother ship passing by the Arabian Sea.

According to NCB officers, a number of of the containers used to pack the contraband had the ‘555 Rolex’ seal, which is expounded to Haji Salim group. They are moreover inspecting the involvement of various cartels.
The officers acknowledged that’s the third time a giant consignment belonging to the Haji Salim group has been seized off the Kerala shores to date two years.

The officers acknowledged the Iranian ship, which acted as a result of the mother vessel, was destined for Sri Lanka. The ship was sinking when it was intercepted. The officers suspect that the smugglers most definitely realised that they’d been seen and had been attempting to sink the vessel sooner than movement by laws enforcement.

Meanwhile, NCB officers are interrogating the Pakistan nationwide arrested from the vessel. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) have moreover grilled 4 completely different crew members of the ship. The Pakistan nationwide will most likely be produced sooner than courtroom on Monday. The NCB will search his custody for added probe. “Usually, the consignment trafficked in mother vessel is portioned up and moved to small boats, mostly fishing vessels, before being smuggled to India, Sri Lanka and Maldives,” an officer acknowledged. 

NCB examines involvement of various cartels in drug trafficking

“In the consignment seized on Saturday, three types of seals had been found throughout the containers used to cover the contraband. One had ‘555 Rolex’ emblem of the Haji Salim group. The completely different two seals are that of ‘scorpion’ and ‘B’ emblems.

The ‘B’ emblem moreover has a top level view spherical it. We are checking whether or not or not treatment belonging to completely different cartels are part of the consignment, “ the officer acknowledged. The NCB suspects that there are additional treatment contained within the vessel. The vessel is believed to have set sail from a Pakistani port metropolis on the Makran coast sooner than Tuesday. Satellite communication modes had been used throughout the vessel.

Methamphetamine, a chemical drug, is manufactured in huge parts throughout the inside areas bordering Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran,” acknowledged a provide. Haji Salim’s determine first received right here to delicate when the NCB intercepted a Sri Lankan vessel off the Kerala coast in 2021. The NIA which took over the probe found that treatment and weapons, belonging to the Haji Salim group, had been being smuggled to Sri Lanka for reviving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel group.

The NIA probe moreover found that drug cartels in Pakistan and Afghanistan had been fastidiously associated to terrorist groups and act as their chief funding sources. In May 2022, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted two Indian fishing boats with 218kg of heroin. In October the similar 12 months, the NCB seized 200kg of heroin from an Iranian dhow, which led to the arrest of its six crew members, along with 4 Iranians.

KOCHI: The treatment consignment worth spherical `20,000 crore seized from a ship off Kerala coast has hyperlinks to the ill-famous Karachi-based Haji Salim group, says the Narcotics Control Bureau.

Around 2,500kg of high-grade methamphetamine (meth) had been seized on Saturday in a joint operation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Indian Navy from a mother ship passing by the Arabian Sea.

According to NCB officers, a number of of the containers used to pack the contraband had the ‘555 Rolex’ seal, which is expounded to Haji Salim group. They are moreover inspecting the involvement of various cartels.
The officers acknowledged that’s the third time a giant consignment belonging to the Haji Salim group has been seized off the Kerala shores to date two years.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The officers acknowledged the Iranian ship, which acted as a result of the mother vessel, was destined for Sri Lanka. The ship was sinking when it was intercepted. The officers suspect that the smugglers most definitely realised that they’d been seen and had been attempting to sink the vessel sooner than movement by laws enforcement.

Meanwhile, NCB officers are interrogating the Pakistan nationwide arrested from the vessel. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) have moreover grilled 4 completely different crew members of the ship. The Pakistan nationwide will most likely be produced sooner than courtroom on Monday. The NCB will search his custody for added probe. “Usually, the consignment trafficked in mother vessel is portioned up and moved to small boats, mostly fishing vessels, before being smuggled to India, Sri Lanka and Maldives,” an officer acknowledged. 

NCB examines involvement of various cartels in drug trafficking

“In the consignment seized on Saturday, three types of seals had been found throughout the containers used to cover the contraband. One had ‘555 Rolex’ emblem of the Haji Salim group. The completely different two seals are that of ‘scorpion’ and ‘B’ emblems.

The ‘B’ emblem moreover has a top level view spherical it. We are checking whether or not or not treatment belonging to completely different cartels are part of the consignment, “ the officer acknowledged. The NCB suspects that there are additional treatment contained within the vessel. The vessel is believed to have set sail from a Pakistani port metropolis on the Makran coast sooner than Tuesday. Satellite communication modes had been used throughout the vessel.

Methamphetamine, a chemical drug, is manufactured in huge parts throughout the inside areas bordering Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran,” acknowledged a provide. Haji Salim’s determine first received right here to delicate when the NCB intercepted a Sri Lankan vessel off the Kerala coast in 2021. The NIA which took over the probe found that treatment and weapons, belonging to the Haji Salim group, had been being smuggled to Sri Lanka for reviving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel group.

The NIA probe moreover found that drug cartels in Pakistan and Afghanistan had been fastidiously associated to terrorist groups and act as their chief funding sources. In May 2022, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted two Indian fishing boats with 218kg of heroin. In October the similar 12 months, the NCB seized 200kg of heroin from an Iranian dhow, which led to the arrest of its six crew members, along with 4 Iranians.