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A probe into the biggest drug haul of 6,000 kg methamphetamine in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has shown that the Myanmarese smugglers were using the Starlink satellite internet services for navigation for through the mid-sea
Acting on a tip-off, a police naka was set up at Ratacherra in the district following which a resident of Assam's Silchar was nabbed from a government bus at around 10 pm on Tuesday night, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of East Jaintia Hills district, Giri Prasad, told PTI.
The court is expected to pronounce the quantum of punishment on Thursday afternoon.
The seizure of mephedrone alone was worth Rs 15.93 crore, while the rest of the substances included syrup bottles, LSD, hydroponic weed, charas and heroin, the official said.
An NCB official said that this was the most "superior quality of methamphetamine we have ever come across in the illegal drug market," as per the report.
The Drug Disposal Committees (DDC) of Delhi Police's Crime Branch and Special Cell shortlisted the seized drugs which were no longer required for any legal proceedings
One of the passengers is a 27-year-old Kenyan man who is a "clown" by profession while the other is a 30-year-old woman from Guinea who is in the clothing business,
The customs department recovered of 9.95 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 69.95 crore in the international market
Initially, it was suspected that the confiscated substance was morphine, but later it turned out to be heroin, he clarified.
The two air passengers who were apprehended with the huge stash of cocaine included one Tanzanian male travelling from Cape Town to Hyderabad via Dubai on a business visa, and one lady passenger from Angola on a tourist visa; they were carrying four kilos of cocaine each.
.Data compiled by the federal anti-narcotics agency states that the seizure of opium went up from 4,488 kg in 2019 to 5,212 kg in 2020. Similarly, the seizure of heroin (extracted from opium) shot up from 3,231 kg in 2019 to 3,838 kg in 2020, ganja (cannabis) from 3,42,045 kg to 5,81,644 kg, ephedrine (a stimulant drug) from 686 kg to 841 kg, and hashish (drug extracted from cannabis) from 3,572 kg to 6,643 kg, the recently published NCB report for the year 2020 said.
APSEZ is the operator of Mundra Port, where a total of 2,988.21 kg of heroin, estimated to be worth over Rs 20,000 crore, was seized on September 13.
