members held
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The Indian Coast Guard has seized 86 kg of drugs worth 600 crore from a Pakistani boat and arrested 14 persons on board the vessel off the Gujarat coast, the maritime security agency said on Sun- day. The overnight operation in the Arabian Sea was car- ried out in coordination with the Gujarat Anti-terrorism. Squad (ATS) and the Nar cotics Control Bureau (NCB), it said.
“In a breathtaking over- night operation, Indian Coast Guard undertook an intelli- gence-based anti-narcotics op- eration at sea on 28 April 24. Approx 86 kg of narcotics worth 600 crore has been apprehended along with 14 crew from the Pakistani
Indian Coast Guard ship in Arabian sea. (Inset) Pakistani boat.
boat,” the agency said in a release. The Coast Guard is yet to disclose what kind of narcotic substances were re- covered from the Pakistani boat.
Coast Guard ships and air- craft were deployed for the operation, it said, adding that ICG ship Rajratan was used
to identify the suspect boat with the help of NCB and ATS officials on board, “No amount of evasive ma noeuvring tactics employed by the drug-laden boat could save it from the swift and strong ICG ship Rajratan. The ship’s specialist team em- barked on the suspect boat
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) personnel with 14 crew members of a
Pakistani boat after apprehending them from Indian waters. ICG also seized narcotics from the boat.
and, after thorough checks, confirmed the presence of a sizable amount of narcotics,” the Coast Guard said.
The Pakistani boat along with its 14-member crew were apprehended and were being brought to Porbandar for
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Heroin worth over 6 crore seized in Guwahati
Heroin valued at more than 6 crore was seized and two persons have been arrested for possessing the drug here on Sunday, police said.
Acting on specific input that narcotic dealers from Tripura and Manipur were planning to bring a huge quantity of contraband to the city, a Special Task Force (STF) team, led by Inspector
General of Police Parthasarathi Mahanta, launched an operation and intercepted a vehicle in Khanapara area in Guwahati here.
further investigations, it added. “The jointness of ICG and ATShttp://Drugs, which has led to eleven such successful law enforcement op- erations in the last three years, itself reaffirms the synergy for national objectives,” it added. PTT
During the search, a bag was found in the back seat, which contained 1.5 kg of heroin, a police officer said
