Tag: Drug

  • Pakistan boat with Rs 300 crore worth narcotics seized near Gujarat coast: Indian Coast Guard

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: A Pakistani boat with 10 crew members carrying arms, ammunition and 40 kg of narcotics worth Rs 300 crore was intercepted off the Gujarat coast in the early hours of Monday, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said.

    Based on specific inputs shared by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad, the Coast Guard deployed its fast patrol ship ‘ICGS Arinjay’ for patrolling in the area close to the International Maritime Border Line (IMBL) on the intervening night of December 25 and 26, the ICG said in a release.

    In the early hours of the day, the Pakistani fishing boat ‘Al Soheli’ was observed moving suspiciously in Indian waters.

    On being challenged by the ICG ship, the boat started evasive manoeuvring and did not stop even after firing warning shots, it said.

    @IndiaCoastGuard in joint ops with ATS #Gujarat, apprehended #Pakistani Fishing Boat Al Soheli with 10 crew in Indian waters. During rummaging Arms, ammunition & approx 40 Kgs #narcotics worth Rs 300 cr found concealed. Boat being brought to #Okha for further investigation. pic.twitter.com/3YwzKne6bQ
    — Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) December 26, 2022
    The Coast Guard eventually managed to intercept and stop the boat.

    As per the release, arms, ammunition and nearly 40 kg of narcotics worth Rs 300 crore were found on the boat. The 10 crew members and boat are being brought to Okha port for further investigation.

    This is the seventh joint operation by the ICG and Gujarat ATS in the last 18 months, and the first apprehension wherein arms and ammunition along with drugs were recovered.

    A total of 346 kg of heroin worth Rs 1,930 crore has been seized and 44 Pakistani and seven Iranian crew have been apprehended in the last 18 months, the release said.

    AHMEDABAD: A Pakistani boat with 10 crew members carrying arms, ammunition and 40 kg of narcotics worth Rs 300 crore was intercepted off the Gujarat coast in the early hours of Monday, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said.

    Based on specific inputs shared by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad, the Coast Guard deployed its fast patrol ship ‘ICGS Arinjay’ for patrolling in the area close to the International Maritime Border Line (IMBL) on the intervening night of December 25 and 26, the ICG said in a release.

    In the early hours of the day, the Pakistani fishing boat ‘Al Soheli’ was observed moving suspiciously in Indian waters.

    On being challenged by the ICG ship, the boat started evasive manoeuvring and did not stop even after firing warning shots, it said.

    @IndiaCoastGuard in joint ops with ATS #Gujarat, apprehended #Pakistani Fishing Boat Al Soheli with 10 crew in Indian waters. During rummaging Arms, ammunition & approx 40 Kgs #narcotics worth Rs 300 cr found concealed. Boat being brought to #Okha for further investigation. pic.twitter.com/3YwzKne6bQ
    — Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) December 26, 2022
    The Coast Guard eventually managed to intercept and stop the boat.

    As per the release, arms, ammunition and nearly 40 kg of narcotics worth Rs 300 crore were found on the boat. The 10 crew members and boat are being brought to Okha port for further investigation.

    This is the seventh joint operation by the ICG and Gujarat ATS in the last 18 months, and the first apprehension wherein arms and ammunition along with drugs were recovered.

    A total of 346 kg of heroin worth Rs 1,930 crore has been seized and 44 Pakistani and seven Iranian crew have been apprehended in the last 18 months, the release said.

  • CM Bhagwant Mann leads more than 15,000 cyclists to generate awareness against drugs 

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Sunday, led more than 15,000 cyclists, in a massive drug awareness bicycle rally from the grounds of  GGS School in Sangrur. 

    Addressing the gathering after flagging off the rally, Chief Minister Mann said that Sangrur is the land of revolutionaries and today the people of Sangrur have once again gathered for a noble cause. He said that the aim of this rally is to create a massive awareness against drug menace and wean away youth, who fell prey to drugs unknowingly, from the menace.

    Quoting that ‘an idle brain is a devil’s workshop’ Mann said that with more employment opportunities there will be no space for drugs in the society.

    “Our social bonding is so strong that any seed could germinate on the land of Punjab but the seed of hatred will not germinate here at any cost. And if our health and mind will be fit then we will together put the state on the high growth trajectory,” he said.

    The Chief Minister said that in the coming days more such awareness initiatives will be embarked on the larger level to promote physical and mental health besides weaning away youth from menace drugs by creating awareness. Bhagwant Mann said that his government is working on multiple plans to eradicate drugs from society adding that more rehabilitation centres and clinics will be opened for the better treatment of drug-affected patients.

    He further said that thrust will also be laid on providing employment opportunities to the youth which would help in keeping them away from the drug menace. Expressing concern over depleting water table, he said that both water and air, the precious natural resources of the state have been polluted. Mann said that his government will start an awareness drive to motivate the farmers for crop diversification.

    He also said that Union Government has now agreed to implement Price Support Scheme for procurement of moong crop from Punjab government for Rabi season 2021-22.

    Before the commencement of the rally, Punjabi folk singer Harjit Harman enthralled the audience.