Drugs valued at Rs 1,800 cr dumped in sea off Gujarat seized

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Coast Guard have seized 300 kg of drugs valued at Rs 1,800 crore which were dumped into the Arabian Sea by smugglers before fleeing across the international boundary line, officials said on Monday.

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The seized contraband is suspected to be metham-phetamine and has been handed over to the ATS for further probe, a release by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said. The ATS and the Coast Guard carried out the joint operation near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Arabian Sea off Gujarat on the intervening night of April 12 and 13, said the release.

Upon seeing the approach-ing Coast Guard ship, the smugglers, who were on a boat, dumped the contra-band into the sea and fled across the IMBL, it said.