12 kg cocaine worth ₹120 cr seized from Gandhidham coast in Kutch

A substantial quantity of cocaine, estimated to be worth ₹120 crore in the international market, has been recovered from an abandoned location near Kharirohar village in Gandhidham, Kutch.

Sagar Bagmar, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of East Kutch, mentioned that the Gandhidham B Division police, acting on a tip-off, discovered 10 packets of cocaine abandoned beneath a banyan tree near a lake in Kharirohar.

The seized contraband weighed approximately 12 kg. Notably, the location of the seizure is merely a few kilometres from the sea, indicating its import from the sea route.

A team from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) was also called in to conduct scientific examinations of the site.

गुजरात के कच्छ जिले में 12 किलोग्राम कोकीन से भरे 10 पैकेट बरामद किए गए हैं, जिनकी अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजार में कीमत 120 करोड़ रुपये है। युवाओ को बर्बाद करने वाले कोकीन लगातार गुजरात में मिलता है । बीजेपी सरकार को चिंता नहीं है । क्या इसका विकास करने की #भाजपा ने शपथ ली है ? pic.twitter.com/brYd2XfQHB

— Shaktisinh Gohil MP (@shaktisinhgohil) October 7, 2024

Raising questions about the state government’s handling of the drug menace, President of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) Shaktisinh Gohil, took to social media, and stated, “Ten packets containing 12 kilograms of cocaine, worth ₹120 crore in the international market, have been recovered from Kutch district in Gujarat. Cocaine, which is ruining the youth, is being found every other day in Gujarat. The BJP government is not concerned. Has the BJP assumed power for such developments?”

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