Drugs worth Rs 200 crore found in Gujarat; intended for Punjab and Delhi

  • Sept. 15, 2022, 2:31 p.m.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) jointly seized nearly 40 kg of heroin worth Rs 200 crore from a Pakistani boat off Gujarat’s coast on Wednesday.

Six Pakistani crew members on the boat and two Delhi residents who were supposed to pick up the contraband were arrested, officials said.

The drugs were being smuggled as part of a racket run by two traffickers, Meeraz Rehmani and Nigerian national Ani Chief Obinna, alias Chief, said Gujarat DGP Ashish Bhatia. "While Rehmani is in Kapurthala jail, Obinna is lodged in Amritsar jail. "They were running the racket using WhatsApp and VOIP (Internet phone) calls," the DGP claimed. The two Delhi residents were identified as Sartaj Malik and Jaggi Singh, alias Virpal Singh.

Earlier, the ICG, on the basis of intelligence inputs by the Gujarat ATS, deployed two fast interceptor class ships close to the International Maritime Border Line. On the intervening nights of September 13 and 14, a Pakistani boat was spotted moving suspiciously in Indian waters. On being challenged, the Pakistani boat overboarded a consignment and started evasive manoeuvring. Braving rough seas, the ICG ships intercepted the boat and apprehended it. — TNS

Author : Rajdhani Delhi Representative

Rajdhani delhi representative

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