2,000 cr worth drugs seized off Gujarat coast

Ahmedabad: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian Navy have seized over 760 kg narcotics, including hashish, methamphetamine and heroin, worth around `2,000 crore in the international market, from the high seas off Gujarat coast, officials said on Saturday.

The joint operation was carried out in the Arabian sea off the Gujarat coast, leading to the seizure of these drugs, an NCB official said. As per an NCB statement “this is the first such operation in which the apprehension has been made in high seas”. — PTI