In one of the biggest drug seizures in recent times, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian Navy, in a joint operation off the Kerala coast, have seized around 2,500 kg of methamphetamine valued at around Rs 15,000 crore and originating from Pakistan.
Key points
- The seizure is part of Operation Samudragupt targeting maritime trafficking of drugs aimed at making the Indian Ocean region free of narcotics.
- The drugs had its origin in Pakistan and was loaded to the mother ship from the Makran coast. Officials have seized 134 sacks of suspected methamphetamine.
- The sacks had Pakistani inscriptions.
- The drugs, the detained person, and other items salvaged from the ship have been brought to the Mattancherry wharf in Kochi and handed over to the NCB for further action.
- According to the NCB, the methamphetamine seized was sourced from the “Death Crescent”, comprising Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.
