80 kg cocaine worth ₹800 crore recovered off Kutch coast in Gujarat

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₹800 crore, dumped on the shore of a creek near the Gandhidham town Kutch district, PTI reported The cocaine, a powerful central nervous system stimulant drug, was found in 80 packets, each weighing a kilo, the Gujarat police said. The cocaine was perhaps left behind by smugglers to avoid getting caught as the police were already active in the region, PTI reported Sagar Bagmar, superintendent of police, Kutch-East division as saying.

The packets were found abandoned on the shore of a creek passing from Mithi Rohar village near Gandhidham town, he said. “Based on a tip-off about the delivery of a drug consignment, we were already active in this region.

During our combing operation, we recovered 80 packets of cocaine, each weighing one kilogram, and worth ₹800 crore, from the shore of the creek. It is possible that the smugglers might have dumped the contraband here out of fear of getting caught," PTI quoted Bagmar as saying.