Surat Police of Gujarat has recovered three packets of hashish (charas) worth Rs 1.5 crore lying on the beach near Hazira village. An official gave this information on Tuesday. He said that 10 unclaimed packets of hashish with similar packaging were recovered on the beach of Udvada village in Valsad district. Three packets have been recovered just a day after this.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajdeep Singh Nakum of the Special Operations Group said that each recovered packet contained 1 kg of hashish and the price of 1 thousand grams of banned substance in the international market is Rs 50 lakh. He said that after the local residents informed about some unclaimed packets lying on the beach near Hazira, Surat Police reached the spot and seized three packets.
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Each of these contained about 1 kg of drugs. Initial investigation revealed that the packets contained hashish. Intensive search of the coastal area is going on. At the same time, early last year, a fisherman found 13 packets of high purity Afghan hashish worth Rs 6.5 crore on the beach near Hazira. Hazira is a mega port.
It is noteworthy that in the last two years, the Border Security Force (BSF) and the local police have found unclaimed packets filled with drugs on the coast of Kutch district at regular intervals. Investigations conducted by the BSF and other officials revealed that such packets found at regular intervals on the Gujarat coast were thrown into the sea by drug smugglers to avoid getting caught.
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