An Indian Coast Guard and Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad operation on Wednesday resulted in the seizure of 40 kilogrammes of heroin worth Rs 200 crore from a Pakistani fishing boat off the Gujarat coast, according to a senior ATS official.
An official reported that six Pakistani boat crew members had also been taken into custody.
The Coast Guard and ATS collaborated to intercept the drug-carrying fishing boat in the middle of the ocean close to Jakhau Harbour in the Kutch area, the official reported.
“After being discharged on the Gujarat shore, the heroin was intended to be transferred to Punjab via road. We stopped the boat that was sailing out of Pakistan after receiving a particular tip, and we detained six Pakistani citizens together with 40 kilos of heroin,” the spokesman continued. Later on in the day, it is anticipated that the ATS and Coast Guard representatives and the impounded boat will arrive at the Jakhau coast.
The state ATS and the Coast Guard had previously stopped similar drug smuggling operations and apprehended foreign persons in possession of massive amounts of drugs that they intended to transport into India via the Gujarat coast.
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