200kg heroin en route to India from Afghanistan via Pakistan seized by NCB

A joint operation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian Navy has led to the seizure of 200 kilogrammes of Afghanistani Heroin worth 1.45 million USD or 1,200 crores INR off of an Iranian Vessel.

Talking to the press, NCB’s Deputy Director General (operations) Sanjay Kumar Singh said that the agencies have also arrested six Iranian nationals and that the boat and the seized drugs were brought to Mattancherry wharf.

“The NCB has now seized the vessel and 200 kg of heroin. The six Iranian crew members have also been arrested under relevant sections of the NDPS Act, 1985,” he said.(WION)