99 Kg Drugs Worth Rs 108 Crore Seized From Boat Near Tamil Nadu Coast
NDTV
The country craft was heading toward Sri Lanka, and it was intercepted after a hot pursuit by the joint team of officials from the DRI, Chennai zonal unit, and ICG Mandapam.
As many as 99 kg of hashish, said to be worth Rs 108 crore, was seized from a country boat near Mandapam coast in Tamil Nadu by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and Indian Coast Guard Mandapam, an official said on Tuesday. In its continuous hunt against smuggling of narcotics substances @IndiaCoastGuard & #DRI Chennai in a joint operation apprehended a country boat off #Mandapam & seized 99 kgs hashish drug worth Rs 108 crores. #anti-narco ops pic.twitter.com/gtXL6zmuAq
The country craft was heading toward Sri Lanka, and it was intercepted after a hot pursuit by the joint team of officials from the DRI, Chennai zonal unit, and ICG Mandapam.
Following a tip-off that narcotics substances were being smuggled from India to Sri Lanka via the coastal route near the Mandapam Sea coast, the officials took up surveillance over the Gulf of Mannar through a Coast Guard ship on the intervening night of March 4 and 5.
