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Home | Sport | Talc Stones Consignment Cleared Before Seizure Of Drugs At Mundra Port

Talc stones consignment cleared before seizure of drugs at Mundra port

By PTI
Published: Updated On - 04:24 PM, Wed - 2 February 22
Talc stones consignment cleared before seizure of drugs at Mundra port
Source: IANSPHOTO

New Delhi: A large consignment of semi processed talc stones was cleared through the Mundra port in Gujarat, three months prior to the seizure of nearly 3,000 kg of heroin worth about Rs 21,000 crore in September 2021, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

The seized heroin in Mundra port was booked as semi processed talc stones.

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) had seized 2988.21 kg of narcotics substance (heroin) between September 17 and September 19, 2021 at T.G. Terminal Private Limited Container Freight Station, Mundra Port.

He said the National Investigating Agency (NIA) has taken up the investigation of the case.
“Investigation of the said case revealed that another such consignment of semi processed talc stones was cleared through Mundra Port during June, 2021,” he said in a written reply.

The minister said the case registered by DRI Delhi Zonal unit has been subsumed in the NIA case and during the course of investigation, 10 people have been arrested.


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