NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, OCT 8
In Gujarat, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) in a joint operation with ATS Gujarat apprehended a Pakistani boat with 06 crew members in Indian waters on Friday midnight. The members were carrying around 50 kgs of heroin worth Rs 350 crore.
#BREAKING@IndiaCoastGuard on basis of #intelligence input by ATS #Gujarat jointly apprehended Pakistani Boat with 06 crew in #Indian waters carrying approx. 50 kgs of Heroine worth Rs.350 crores
🚣 brought to Jakhau for further joint investigation by all agencies@dgpgujarat pic.twitter.com/59Vg4KODim
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) October 8, 2022
According to an official release, the boat and the crew members were taken to Jakhau for further investigation by all agencies.
During the intervening night of 07/08 Oct 22, on a specific intelligence input, ICG strategically deployed two fast interceptor class of ships, C-429 and C-454 for patrolling in area close to notional International Maritime Border Line (IMBL). During midnight, a Pakistani Boat was observed moving suspiciously in Indian waters, 5 nm inside notional IMBL and 40 nm from Jakhau. On being challenged, the Pakistani boat started evasive manoeuvring. However, both the ships intercepted the Pakistani boat and forced it to stop. On boarding the boat, thorough rummaging was undertaken during which 50 Kgs of narcotics, believed to be heroin was found concealed in five gunny bags.
The market value of the seized narcotics is estimated to be Rs 350 crores. The ICG ships braved very rough seas in pitch dark night and marginal weather conditions during the entire operation.
This is the sixth such joint operation by the Indian Coast Guard and ATS, Gujarat in the last year and second such operation in less than a month when 40 Kgs of drugs was seized from a Pakistani boat on September 14,2022.
