Coast Guard seizes charas worth Rs 36 lakh off Jakhau port in Kutch

NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JULY 4

The landing party of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) recovered 24 packets of charas worth Rs 36 lakh from an island off the Kutch coast in Gujarat, a Defence official said on Saturday.


The 24 packets were recovered on Friday while the force was on patrol at Kadiyari beyt near Jakhau port, the defence wing of the Press Information Bureau said in a release.


Since May 20, the Indian Coast Guard, in coordination with other enforcement agencies, has recovered over 1,200 packets of charas, including 88 packets worth Rs 1.32 crore that was seized from an uninhabited island off the port between June 17-22, the release added.