6 Pakistani men arrested near Gujarat coast with Rs 450 crore-worth drugs

Six Pakistani nationals on a boat carrying Rs 450 crore drugs were arrested near Gujarat’s Porbandar, officials said on Tuesday. 

Acting on a tip-off, officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Indian Coast Guard and Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) caught the Pakistani nationals when they were trying to enter the Indian territory last night.

This is the second big drugs consignment seized off Gujarat’s coast in the last 30 days.

On February 28, at least 3,300 kg of drugs from a boat manned by suspected Pakistani crew members was seized off the coast of Gujarat. The international market value of these drugs was more than Rs 2,000 crore.

It is the biggest seizure of narcotics in the Indian subcontinent.

The Indian Coast Guard had previously recovered drugs worth crores of rupees in several operations at sea.