07 October,2024 03:53 PM IST | Gandhidham (Gujarat) | PTI
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Ten unclaimed packets containing 12 kg of cocaine, valued at Rs 120 crore in the international market, have been recovered from a creek area near Gandhidham town in Gujarat's Kutch district, police said on Monday.
A preliminary probe suggested that smugglers might have hidden the contraband near the creek to avoid getting caught, Kutch-East division Superintendent of Police Sagar Bagmar said.
This is the third major drug recovery from the same creek area in one year, he said.
"Based on a specific tip-off, police searched an area near the creek and recovered 10 unclaimed packets containing cocaine valued at Rs 120 crore on Sunday night. It was, perhaps, hidden there by smugglers to avoid getting caught," Bagmar said.
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Further investigation is on, he added.
In June this year, a joint team of the Anti-Terrorist Squad and local police recovered 13 unclaimed packets of cocaine, a powerful central nervous system stimulant drug, valued at Rs 130 crore from the same area.
In September last year, the Kutch-East police recovered 80 packets of cocaine, each weighing one kilogram and collectively valued at Rs 800 crore, from the same creek area.
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