A Pakistani boat containing 86 Kg of contraband worth around ₹600 crore was apprehended by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) off Porbandar coast in Gujarat on Sunday along with 14 Pakistani crew.
According to a press statement from the defence ministry, the overnight operation in the Arabian Sea was carried out by the Indian Coast Guard, the Narcotics Control Bureau and the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad. “The operation was being carried out by the agencies based on intelligence inputs for the last few days,” it said, adding that Coast Guard ships and aircraft were deployed for the operation while ICG ship ‘Rajratan’ was used to identify the suspect boat with the help of NCB and ATS officials on board. According to the Coast Guard, “No amount of evasive manoeuvring tactics employed by the drug-laden boat could save it from the swift and strong ICG ship Rajratan. The ship’s specialist team embarked on the suspect boat and, after thorough checks, confirmed the presence of a sizable amount of narcotics.”
According to a press statement from the defence ministry, the overnight operation in the Arabian Sea was carried out by the Indian Coast Guard, the Narcotics Control Bureau and the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad. “The operation was being carried out by the agencies based on intelligence inputs for the last few days,” it said, adding that Coast Guard ships and aircraft were deployed for the operation while ICG ship ‘Rajratan’ was used to identify the suspect boat with the help of NCB and ATS officials on board. According to the Coast Guard, “No amount of evasive manoeuvring tactics employed by the drug-laden boat could save it from the swift and strong ICG ship Rajratan. The ship’s specialist team embarked on the suspect boat and, after thorough checks, confirmed the presence of a sizable amount of narcotics.”
The apprehended boat along with its 14-member crew were being brought to Porbandar for further investigations, it said, adding that “the jointness of ICG and ATS, which has led to eleven such successful law enforcement operations in the last three years, itself reaffirms the synergy for national objectives.”
Last month, the Coast Guard, NCB and ATS had caught a boat carrying methamphetamine, a highly addictive psycho-stimulant drug, worth over ₹400 crore and its six Pakistani crew members off the Porbandar coast in Gujarat, officials had said.
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