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.
Published : 30 Jul 2017, 10:23 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.
($1 = 64.1100 Indian rupees)