This is the biggest drug bust…
The Narcotics Control Bureau, with the help of the Indian Navy and the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), seized 3,300 kg of drugs from a boat suspected to be of Pakistani crew members off the coast of Gujarat.
This is the largest seizure of narcotics in the Indian subcontinent.
The international market value of these drugs is estimated to be more than Rs. 2,000 crore.
"Produce of Pakistan” is written on the cache of the seized packets, which include 3,089 kg of cannabis, 158 kg of methamphetamine, and 25 kg of morphine.
Based on inputs from a surveillance aircraft, an Indian Navy mission-deployed ship which had been at sea for the last two days stopped the suspicious boat as it entered Indian territories.
Upon investigation of the boat, the authorities discovered a large number of drugs, following which the five crew members were arrested, while the vessel and narcotics were seized.
The seized boat, drugs, and crew members have been taken to Porbandar, Gujarat.
An investigation is going on to collect more information on the suspected Pakistani crew members and to find the origin and destination of the narcotics.
Responding to the operation, Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated the law enforcement agencies for pursuing PM Narendra Modi's "vision of a drug-free Bharat".
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