Gujarat drug bust: 3,000 kg heroin hidden in consignment of talc stones

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a Chennai-based couple in Delhi in connection with the smuggling of 3,000 kg of heroin from Afghanistan. The contraband was seized by DRI officials from Mundra port in Gujarat on September 17, officials said.

The DRI probe, according to officials, revealed that the heroin was imported under cover as semi-processed Talc stones originating from Afghanistan by a Vijaywada-based Aashi Trading Company. The consignment was shipped from Iran's Bandar Abbas Port to Mundra Port, Gujarat.

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