NIA links Rs 21,000 Crore drug seizure at Adani’s Mundra Port to Pahalgam terror attack: Report
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has reportedly told the Supreme Court that the massive drug haul at Mundra Port in Gujarat, operated by Adani Ports, is linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. The agency said the seizure is part of a larger narco-trafficking network aimed at funding terror activities and destabilising India by targeting the country's youth.
According to a report by the Times of India, the NIA said that the 3,000 kg of heroin, valued at around Rs 21,000 crore, was smuggled into India disguised as talc powder using valid import documents. The narcotics were later moved to warehouses located in Delhi’s Neb Sarai and Alipur areas.
"Look what they did to India at Pahalgam by shooting innocent tourists," Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati told a Supreme Court bench of Justices Surya Kant and N. Kotiswar Singh, linking the Pahalgam attack to the narco-terror network.
In its affidavit, the NIA stated that the drug consignment was coordinated by an Afghan-based trafficker, with support from Iranian intermediaries and operatives of Pakistan’s ISI. The agency highlighted that the proceeds from the drug sales were intended to fund terrorist activities in India.
"This case involves the largest intercepted consignment of narcotic substances brought into India through illegal means. The purpose was not only to create havoc among the public through drug abuse but also to use the sale proceeds to finance terror activities," the NIA said in its submission.
The seizure had earlier raised serious questions about security and scrutiny at Mundra Port, which is managed by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited. The port came under public and political scrutiny following the seizure in 2021, though Adani Group had then clarified that port operators have no role in inspecting cargo, which is the responsibility of government authorities.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
