The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/26-year-old-indian-seafarer-medically-evacuated-by-indian-coast-guard-from-panama-flagged-vessel-off-goa-23652682" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Indian Coast Guard</a>, in a joint operation with the Gujarat ATS, has seized 526 kilograms of methamphetamine and heroin valued at arpound Rs 3000 crore from an Iranian boat in the Arabian Sea near Lakshadweep, officials said on Wednesday.
Five Pakistani nationals operating the vessel were detained in the operation. The detainees have been identified as Mohammad Yakub Balochi, Shakirullah, Faridullah, Ahmed Khan and Wahidullah Khan, all residents of Peshawar in Pakistan.
The suspected Iranian boat, identified as &lsquo;Azad&rsquo;, was intercepted on the evening of September 25, around 160 nautical miles <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-weather-update-imd-predicts-light-to-moderate-showers-in-city-thunderstorms-heavy-rain-in-state-amid-depression-over-arabian-sea-23600309" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">northwest of Lakshadweep</a> and about 490 nautical miles southwest of Mumbai, Coast Guard officials said.&nbsp;
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