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Indian Navy seize drugs worth Rs 2000 crores

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Drugs over 750 kilos worth more than Rs 2000 crores was seized by the Narcotics Control Bureau and the Indian Navy in a joint operation near the International Maritime Border.

The seized drugs; 525 kg of very high quality hashish and 234 kg of the finest quality crystal methamphetamine is valued to be over Rs 2,000 crore in the international market.

The drugs allegedly from Pakistan was confiscated while it was being smuggled to India via the sea route. The consignment of drugs was being brought into India in fishing boats.

The drug agency shared the input with the Naval Intelligence Unit for a joint operation.

An official press statement read, “In a joint operation carefully planned by NCB and Indian Navy in High Seas, NCB officials have successfully seized around 529 kg of very high quality of hashish, 234 kg of finest quality of crystal Methamphetamine and some quantity of Heroin.

The cost of the drugs seized in the international market is around Rs. 2000 Cr.

This is the first such operation in which the apprehension has been made in high seas. The input regarding trafficking of drugs in high seas was developed by NCB and was shared with Naval Intelligence Unit, leading to a joint operation.

Special Unit of NCB Headquarters have been continuously working on various such intelligence inputs and it will be our endeavour to carry out more such operations in collaboration with Naval forces.

The present seizure has dealt a telling blow to drug syndicates based out of our neighboring country and using maritime route for proliferation of drugs in India and other countries.”

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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