\nThe ATS team also recovered four Apple AirTags from the seized bags, indicating the narcotics consignment may have been electronically tracked during transit, Rao said.
\nTwo Tanzanian nationals aboard the vessel, identified as Ngingite Nassoro Jumanne and Juma Nasir Omar, were allegedly transporting the cocaine shipment, the DGP said.
\nThe contraband was meant to be handed over at sea and delivered further to two Delhi-based persons \u2014 Kelvin Chukwuama and Bairunge James \u2014 who are Nigerian and Ugandan nationals, respectively, an ATS release said.
\n\u201cCurrently, three accused are in police custody \u2013 one apprehended from the vessel and the two intended receivers detained from Delhi,\u201d Rao said. The ATS teams, with assistance from Delhi Police, caught two suspects from the Dwarka area of Delhi and were bringing them to Gujarat for further investigation, he said.
\nOne of the crew members working in the vessel\u2019s steam motor room, who had allegedly hidden the cocaine consignment inside the ship, jumped into the sea after spotting the ATS and Coast Guard teams, the DGP said.
\nSearch operations involving the Coast Guard are still underway to trace the missing suspect, Tanzanian national Jumanne, he added.
\nDuring interrogation, Omar disclosed that the cocaine had been loaded onto the vessel in Brazil and secretly concealed in the motor room in November 2025 without the knowledge of the other crew members, the ATS release said Omar further told that he was supposed to deliver the consignment as instructed by his handler, it said.
\nOn questions about the narcotics\u2019 final destination after Delhi and whether the drugs were intended for distribution within India or abroad, Rao said further details would emerge only after sustained interrogation of the accused. Officials also recovered GPS and satellite communication devices concealed inside the boat\u2019s steering room during searches carried out after boarding the vessel.
\nThe seized contraband and related electronic equipment have been taken into custody and further investigation under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act is underway.
\nThe operation also involved personnel from the Special Operations Group (SOG) in Kutch-Bhuj, Coastal Police, Marine Police and the Mundra Port Authority.
\nOfficials described the seizure as a major success against international maritime drug smuggling and an example of close coordination between multiple security and enforcement agencies.
\nThis was the 15th successful anti-narcotics operation jointly conducted by the ICG and ATS Gujarat in the last five years, they added.<\/p>\n
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AHMEDABAD, May 27: In a major drug haul, the Gujarat ATS and the Indian Coast Guard have busted an international trafficking network, seizing 115 kg of cocaine valued at nearly Rs 1,150 crore from a vessel off Mundra port, and apprehended three foreign nationals, officials said on Wednesday. The consignment travelled through Latin America, Mexico, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-header","category-national"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"\n