India seizes ship with 1,500kg of heroin off Gujarat coast

India's navy seized a ship carrying about 1,500kg of heroin worth 35 billion rupees ($545 million) on Sunday in what it said was its biggest ever drugs haul.

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Published : 30 July 2017, 04:23 PM
Updated : 30 July 2017, 04:41 PM

The vessel, which was operating under the name MV Henry under the Panama flag, was intercepted off the Gujarat coast near the city of Porbandar, said S Paramesh, deputy director general at the Indian Coast Guard.

It was sailing from Dubai to Alang, a town in Gujarat known for shipbreaking, Paramesh said.

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The eight crew members aboard, all of whom were identified as Indian nationals, are under investigation.

($1 = 64.1100 Indian rupees)