The Coast Guard and Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad have seized heroin worth Rs 360 crore from a Pakistani boat off the state coast, an official said on Saturday.
The ICG and Gujarat ATS also arrested six Pakistani crew members from the boat named Al Sakar in Indian waters close to the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Arabian Sea.
AHMEDABAD, Oct 8: Gujarat’s Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) in a mid-sea joint operation with Indian Coast Guard (ICG) caught a Pakistani boat and recovered 50 kg heroin worth ₹350 crore in international market value and apprehended six crew members, an official said on Saturday, October 8, 2022. As per the details, the Indian Coast Guard and ATS teams intercepted Pakistani boat Al Sakar with 6 crew members aboard and seized 50 kg of heroin close to International Maritime Boundary Line […]
Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said that they had seized heroin worth 350 crore rupees off the coast of the state from a Pakistani boat.
Ahmedabad, Oct. 8 (PTI): The Indian Coast Guard and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad have seized 50 kilograms of heroin worth INR 350 crore from a Pakistani boat off the state coast and apprehended its six crew members, officials said on Saturday. In the operation conducted during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, the ICG and ATS personnel intercepted the boat Al Sakar, where the drug was found concealed in five gunny bags, they said. The ATS said in a release that as per the primary investigation, the seized heroin was sent by Pakistan-based drug mafia Mohammad Kadar, who intended to use the Gujarat coast to supply it further to north India and Punjab. The boat and six crew members were brought to the state’s Jakhau port for further investigation. The apprehended Pakistani nationals are from Sindh and Karachi of the neighbouring country, officials said. A release issued by the ICG said the joint operation was carried out during the intervening night of October 7 and 8, w