NEW DELHI: In a crackdown on drug trafficking, a joint operation by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) led to the seizure of over 500 kilograms of drugs in the Arabian Sea near Porbandar.
The operation, conducted with support from the Indian Navy, began late last night and targeted an Iranian vessel suspected of smuggling narcotics into India, according to news agency ANI.
The drugs were being transported aboard the Iranian boat when it was intercepted in the middle of the sea by a joint team of Gujarat ATS, NCB, and Navy personnel carried out the operation.
Another major drug bust in Gujarat was reported last month when the state police in a joint op with the Delhi police seized 518 kilograms of cocaine worth Rs 5,000 crore, in line with the policy of “Zero Tolerance against Drugs and Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan”. The raid was conducted at a pharmaceutical company in Ankleshwar, as per a statement from Delhi Police’s Special Cell and Gujarat Police.