Ahmedabad: In a joint operation of Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) near Gujarat coast, narcotics worth Rs 1800 crore were seized on April 12-13, reports Dynamite News correspondent.
After noticing the Coast Guard personnel, the smugglers tried to run away from there.
Indian Coast Guard Post
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In a post ICG said, "Indian Coast Guard, in a joint operation with Gujarat ATS on the night of 12-13 Apr 25, seized 300 Kg narcotics worth Rs 1800 Cr off IMBL near the Gujarat coast. On spotting the ICG ship, smugglers dumped contraband & fled across IMBL. The consignment was recovered at sea and handed to #ATS for further investigation. A testament to strong inter-agency synergy against drug smuggling."
ATS DIG Version
Gujarat ATS Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Sunil Joshi said that the ATS officials were attached with the Coast Guard team when the ship with narcotics went to the suspected place of the handoff.
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Sunil Joshi said, "Gujarat ATS Inspector JM Patel had gotten information that there is a Pakistani supplier, Fida is trying to smuggle around 400 kgs of material in Porbandar off the IMBL by giving it to a Tamil Nadu boat, which would have taken the material to Tamil Nadu. We made a team to investigate the matter, and Inspector VM Bharwad and sub-inspector Bhupendra Waghelal were attached with the Coast Guard."
"On the intervening night of April 12 and 13, the ship reached the place where the handoff was supposed to happen, and found a small Pakistani fishing boat through their radar. The Pakistani shipping boat had observed the ICG ship and their standard reaction was to throw the things off the ship so they can claim innocence," Joshi added.
