5 Pakistani drug traffickers held trying to sneak into Gujarat

New Delhi: Five Pakistani drug smugglers were arrested on Monday when they were trying to sneak into Gujarat through the sea route, police said. The police confiscated 35 kgs of contraband worth about Rs 175 crore in the international market.

The arrested Pakistani nationals have been identified as Anees (30), Ismail Mohammed Kachchi (50), Ashhraf Usman Kutchhi (42), Kareem Abdulla Kutchhi (37) and Abubaqar Ashraf Sumra (55). They all are residents of Beet Zajeera in Karachi.

A senior IPS officer said that anti-terrorist squad (ATS) of Gujarat Police received intelligence that an illegal consignment of heroin is going to be smuggled into Gujarat through the coast.

“The information further revealed that the consignment is being sent in a Pakistani fishing boat from Pakistan,” the officer said. (IANS)

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