8 Pakistanis, Caught With 232-Kg Drugs Off Gujarat Coast, Jailed For 20 Years

| 2 Jan 2025 6:11 PM IST

Mumbai:

A special court here on Wednesday sentenced eight Pakistani nationals to 20 years imprisonment in a 2015 case of seizure of more than 200 kg of drugs valued at nearly Rs 7 crore.

Special judge for NDPS Act cases, Shashikant Bangar, convicted the eight persons for offences committed under the anti-drug law.

They were handed a 20-year jail term, maximum under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on each of the convicts.

In 2015, the Indian Coast Guard apprehended the accused from a boat carrying 232 kg of heroin valued at Rs 6.96 crore off the Gujarat coast.

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