Ahmedabad: In a joint operation of Gujarat (ATS) anti-terrorist troops (ATS) and Guard Coast India (ICG), Pakistani fishing boat with six crew members from Karachi, allegedly brought 77kg Heroin worth around RS 385 Crore, detained in Indian waters off the coast of Jakhau On Sunday night, Gujarat DGP (Director General of Police) Ashish Bhatia said on Monday.
The seizure was made in mid-sea operation about 35 miles of sea from Jakhau Beach in Kutch District Gujarat.
ATS officers and the ICG team understood Pakistani ‘Al Huseini’ fishermen with six crew members in Indian waters and won 77kg Heroin.
This is the largest seizure of sea relatives this year by Gujarat ATS.
The operation was monitored by Gujarat ATS digging Himanshu Shukla.
The boat has been taken to Jakhau for further investigation.
In September, Gujarat ATS had confiscated around 35 kg of heroin in medium operation and arrested seven Iranian citizens on September 18.
On November 14, ATS Sleuth invaded a house in Jinjuvada Village in the Morbi district, arrested three people and won 120 kg of medicine.
During the investigation, they arrested around 11 people and won 146kg more heroin, worth Rs 730 Crore.
Regarding the SEA-Mid-Sea operation on Sunday night, Gujarat police officers said the Pakistani ship had left the Karachi port and tried to assign contacts using very high frequency radio channels and code words, ‘day-1’ and ‘days -2 ‘, for drug delivery.
Joint operation was carried out after DYSP from ATS Bhavesh Rozia received a tip-off that the boat from Karachi will come 35 miles of sea from Jakhau Beach, after crossing the international maritime border line, the officer said.
The boat, owned by one Shahbaz Ali from Karachi, left the Karachi port and his crew contained medicines sent to them via fiber boats about six miles away from Port Karachi.
Interrogation of Pakistani citizens who were arrested revealed that the heroin was supplied by two Pakistani smugglers, identified as Haji Hasan and Haji Hasam, and according to the tip.
It will be sent to elements related to the underworld in Punjab.
It must be lowered somewhere in Kutch Beach, said ATS officers.
When he was challenged, the crew tried to escape but the ship surpassed and the crew was forced to surrender by the ICG and ATS team, the official statement from the Ministry of Defense.
Even though the weather conditions were bad, the ship was truly sought and five bags containing around 77kg heroin were confiscated, he said.
The crew members arrested by ATS and ICG were identified as Mohammed Imran Vager, Mohammed Sajid Vager, Mohammed Denmark Vager, Ashfaq Vager, all Muslim residents of Mujahid Colony, Baldiya, Karachi; Ismail Badala, a resident of the Badar Ground region in Karachi and Sagar Vager, a resident of Baba Island in Karachi.