India seizes 5.5 tonnes of Myanmar meth

India seizes 5.5 tonnes of Myanmar meth in 'biggest' drug bust
India's coast guard said Tuesday they had seized their biggest haul of illicit drugs when they stopped a fishing boat smuggling 5.5 tonnes of methamphetamine from war-torn Myanmar. An Indian Coast Guard (ICG) reconnaissance air patrol spotted a small fishing boat in the Andaman Sea -- which lies between India and troubled Myanmar -- "operating in a suspicious manner".
5,500 kg Meth On Myanmar Boat: What Led To Biggest Drug Haul By Coast Guard
The Indian Coast Guard today caught a Myanmarese fishing boat in the Andaman Sea, which was carrying 5,500 kg of Methamphetamine and a satellite phone, making it the biggest-ever drug haul by the Indian Coast Guard.
India seizes 5.5 tonnes of Myanmar meth in ‘biggest-ever’ drug bust
The coast guard found that a crew of Myanmar nationals was smuggling the prohibited drug after boarding their fishing boat in Indian waters
India seizes 5.5 tons of Myanmar meth in 'biggest' drug bust
India's coast guard said Tuesday they had seized their biggest haul of illicit drugs when they stopped a fishing boat smuggling 5.5 tons of methamphetamine from war-torn Myanmar. An Indian Coast Guard (ICG) reconnaissance air patrol spotted a small fishing boat in the Andaman Sea — which lies between India and troubled Myanmar — "operating in a suspicious manner.
Seized Myanmarese boat carried as much drugs as ICG confiscated in 47 years
As per conservative estimates, Meth is valued at Rs. 5 crore/kg ($0.58 million/kg), which puts the latest seizure value at Rs. 27,500 crore ($3 billion).
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