Guwahati: The Narcotics Control Bureau and the Indian Navy in a joint operation seized drugs weighing more than 750 kg worth more than Rs 2000 crores from Gujarat near the International Maritime Border on Saturday.
The seizure includes 525 kg of very high-quality hashish and 234 kg of the finest quality crystal methamphetamine.
The recovered drugs are valued at approximately Rs 2,000 crore in the international market.
The drugs allegedly from Pakistan were intercepted while being carried into India by sea. The drugs were being transported into India on fishing boats.
The drug agency shared the input with the Naval Intelligence Unit for a joint operation.
An official press statement from the Indian Navy read, “In a joint operation carefully planned by NCB and Indian Navy in High Seas, NCB officials have successfully seized around 529 kg of very high quality of hashish, 234 kg of finest quality of crystal Methamphetamine and some quantity of Heroin. The cost of the drugs seized in the international market is around Rs. 2000 Cr. This is the first such operation in which the apprehension has been made in high seas.”
“The input regarding trafficking of drugs in high seas was developed by NCB and was shared with Naval Intelligence Unit, leading to a joint operation. The present seizure has dealt a telling blow to drug syndicates based out of our neighbouring country and using the maritime route for the proliferation of drugs in India and other countries,” it added.