Gujarat: Cocaine worth Rs 800 crore recovered off Kutch coast

Gujarat Police on September 28 said it had recovered 80 kg of cocaine, worth nearly Rs 800 crore, dumped on the shore of a creek near the Gandhidham town Kutch district.

Superintendent of Police, Kutch East, Sagar Bagmar says, "...Police recovered a large consignment of drugs, as per the primary investigation by FSL it has been found to be cocaine. A police investigation is underway. During the police investigation, it was found that they failed to deliver the drugs & finally dumped them in a coastal area, which was recovered by police..."

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The cocaine, a powerful central nervous system stimulant drug, was found in 80 packets, each weighing a kilo, the Gujarat police said. 

The cocaine was perhaps left behind by smugglers to avoid getting caught as the police were already active in the region, said Sagar Bagmar, superintendent of police, Kutch-East division.

The packets were found abandoned on the shore of a creek passing from Mithi Rohar village near Gandhidham town, he said.