In a latest update to last year's Mundra Port drug seizure of 2998.21 kg, chargesheet against 16 narco-traffickers has been filed by the National Investigative Agency (NIA).
The traffickers, include Afghan and Iranian nationals, and they have been booked under Sections 120B, 466 and 471 of IPC, Sections 8(C), 21(C), 23 (C) and 29 of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and Sections 17, 18 & 20 of UAPA.
As per the chargesheet, the drug traffickers had links to Pakistan terror outfits and the drugs were being channelled back to foreign entities through hawala channels.
Among the 10 people arrested in the case, five are Afghan nationals.
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