NCB, Navy and Gujarat ATS seize about 700 kg of methamphetamine off Gujarat
On 15 November 2024 in Gujarat, a joint operation of the NCB, Indian Navy and Gujarat Police ATS busted an international drug cartel and seized about 700 kg of methamphetamine.
Summary
On 15 November 2024 in Gujarat, a joint operation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the Indian Navy and the ATS of Gujarat Police intercepted an unregistered vessel without AIS in India's territorial waters carrying about 700 kg of methamphetamine, and 8 foreign nationals were found on board. Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated the agencies for busting the international drug trafficking cartel. The case came under Operation 'Sagar-Manthan', launched by the NCB earlier in the year with officers of the Navy, Coast Guard and Gujarat ATS.
Key facts
- Date/place
- 15 Nov 2024, Gujarat (Indian territorial waters)
- Seizure
- About 700 kg methamphetamine
- Agencies
- NCB, Indian Navy, Gujarat Police ATS
- Held
- 8 foreign nationals
- Operation
- 'Sagar-Manthan' (NCB)
- Vessel
- Unregistered, no AIS
Practice MCQs 2 questions
About how much methamphetamine was seized off Gujarat in the joint NCB-Navy-ATS operation of 15 November 2024?
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Correct answer: B — 700 kg
PIB (MHA): a vessel with about 700 kg of methamphetamine was intercepted in India's territorial waters.
The November 2024 methamphetamine seizure off Gujarat was part of which NCB operation?
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Correct answer: A — Operation Sagar-Manthan
PIB (MHA): the seizure came under Operation 'Sagar-Manthan', launched by NCB earlier in the year with the Navy, Coast Guard and Gujarat ATS.