The overnight operation based on intelligence bureau inputs apprehended a Pakistani Boat with 06 crew and narcotics onboard during intervening nights of 11 & 12 Mar.

ICG Apprehends Pakistani Boat In Arabian Sea Near Porbandar

In an overnight joint operation during intervening nights of 11 & 12 Mar 2024, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), based on intelligence inputs, apprehended a Pakistani Boat with 06 crew and narcotics onboard, worth approx Rs 480Cr.  The Boat was apprehended about 350 Km from Porbandar into Arabian Sea in a sea-air coordinated operation involving ICG ships and Dornier Aircraft. The operation exhibited well-coordinated efforts between ICG, NCB and ATS Gujrat.

The boat was found to be a Pakistani boat with six crew. Investigation by the joint boarding team and rummaging of boat revealed approx. 80 Kg of drugs worth approx. Rs 480 Cr. The boat along with crew has been apprehended and is being brought to Porbandar for further investigation. This is the tenth apprehension by ICG, jointly with ATS Gujarat and NCB, in last three years, amounting to 517Kg Narcotics worth Rs 3135 Crores.

3,300 kg of hashish, meth seized off Gujarat coast

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), with assistance from the Indian Navy and the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), seized 3,300 kg of drugs from a boat manned by suspected Pakistani crew members off the coast of Gujarat. This is the biggest seizure of narcotics in the Indian subcontinent. The international market value of these drugs is estimated to be more than Rs 2,000 crore.

Drug Trafficking

Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. UNODC is continuously monitoring and researching global illicit drug markets in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their dynamics. At current levels, world heroin consumption (340 tons) and seizures represent an annual flow of 430-450 tons of heroin into the global heroin market. Of that total, opium from Myanmar and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic yields some 50 tons, while the rest, some 380 tons of heroin and morphine, is produced exclusively from Afghan opium.

Global heroin flows from Asian points of origin

Main global cocaine flows, 2008