ICG seizes painkiller tablets worth ₹3.28 cr. intended for smuggling to Sri Lanka
The Indian Coast Guard seized painkiller tablets worth ₹3.28 crore that were intended for smuggling to Sri Lanka. The operation took place near Mandapam, where smugglers abandoned the contraband upon spotting the Coast Guard. An investigation is currently underway to apprehend the fleeing smugglers.
- ▪The seized contraband consisted of 8,46,000 painkiller tablets packed in 12 boxes.
- ▪The operation occurred in the Gulf of Mannar area off Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district.
- ▪The tablets were valued at ₹3.28 crore and were intended for smuggling to Sri Lanka.
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An Indian Coast Guard (ICG) team on Monday seized near Mandapam painkiller tablets worth ₹3.28 crore that were about to be smuggled to Sri Lanka.The ICG personnel were on patrol on a hovercraft in the Gulf of Mannar area off Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district. At that time, some smugglers were unloading the contraband from a truck on the beach between Vedalai and Seeniappa Dargah.Upon spotting the ICG personnel, the smugglers fled the scene with the truck, leaving behind the contraband on the beach. The ICG personnel seized the contraband, which comprised 8,46,000 painkiller tablets, packed in 12 boxes, intended for smuggling to Sri Lanka.
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