[Sri Lanka] - Indian Coast Guard seize 86kg drugs from Pakistani boat on way to Sri Lanka

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Lanka via Tamil Nadu, off the Porbandar coast in Gujarat and arrested 14 crew members on Sunday.The drugs were seized during a joint ICG
operation with the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) during which the Indian side opened fire injuring one
of the crew members.According to an official release, ATS Superintendent of Police KK Patel received information that Haji Aslam alias Babu
heroin and methamphetamine in the intervening night of April 25 and 26 near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) off Porbandar
stated.Later, the joint team of Gujarat ATS and ICG identified a suspicious vessel in the Indian waters 180 nautical miles off Porbandar
and to restrain the crew and to stop the fleeing vessel, firepower was used in which one member of the crew of the vessel sustained bullet
contraband material
This is the biggest Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substance seizure in the country during the current Lok Sabha Elections, said the
The master of the boat, 62-year-old Nazir Hussain Azam Khan who suffered the bullet injury, was evacuated for further medical care
He has been operated upon and is currently stable.Meanwhile, the boat and its crew members are being brought to Porbandar for further
laboratories in Rajasthan and Gujarat.Source: The Indian Express--Agencies