Last Updated Oct - 08 - 2022, 12:19 AM | Source : PTI
The Coast Guard and Gujarat ATS personnel seized the boat 'Al Sakar' which had 50 kg heroin on board, in the Arabian Sea, the official said.
Gujarat: The Coast Guard and Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad or ATS have seized heroin worth ₹ 360 crore from a Pakistani boat off the state coast, an official said this morning. The Coast Guard and Gujarat ATS personnel seized the boat 'Al Sakar' which had 50 kg heroin on board, in the Arabian Sea, the official said.
The boat had six crew members and is being brought to the state's Jakhau port for further investigation, the official added.
On Friday night, the Coast Guard deployed two interceptor ships, C-429 and C-454, for patrolling the international maritime border. Around midnight, a Pakistani boat was observed moving suspiciously five nautical miles inside Indian territory, 40 nautical miles from Jakhau in Gujarat, the statement said.
On being challenged, the Pakistani boat allegedly started evasive manoeuvring. However, the Coast Guard ships intercepted the Pakistani boat and forced it to stop. On boarding the boat, officials found 50 kg of narcotics, believed to be heroin, concealed in five gunny bags. The market value of the seized narcotics is estimated to be Rs 350 crore, the statement said.
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This is the sixth such joint operation by the Indian Coast Guard and ATS, Gujarat in the last one year and the second such operation in less than a month. On September 14, 40 kg of drugs was seized from a Pakistani boat, the statement added.
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