Modi under fire as heroin worth $3b recovered from friend’s port

Drugs were shipped via 2 containers from Afghanistan to port operated by Indian PM's friend and financier Gautam Adani


APP September 22, 2021
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD:

The pin-drop silence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in question after the seizure of 3,000 kilogrammes of heroin worth INR210 billion ($3 billion) at the Mundra Port in Gujarat, operated by his friend and financier Gautam Adani.

In the biggest-ever single drug haul in India, the heroin was shipped via two containers from Afghanistan to the port operated by the Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited, according to the Hindustan Times.

Gautam Adani, who hails from the Modi’s constituency Gujarat, owns nearly one-fourth of the cargo movement in the country and manages 13 domestic ports in seven maritime states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha.

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Also, the information regarding the 25 per cent share of Modi in the port raised many eyebrows, with fingers pointed at him for promoting drug smuggling in the country.

The topic dominated social media conversations as politicians, civil society and journalists targeted Adani Group and the Modi government over the confiscation of heroin from the Mundra port.

The Congress attacked the Centre asking how such a drug syndicate was operating in India “under the nose of the government” as well as the Narcotics Control Bureau.

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“Why is Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, who are from Gujarat, unable to break this drug syndicate,” Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said at a press conference.

He said the smuggling of drugs into India had increased substantially in the last few years. “This will not only destroy the future of the youth of India, but it is the potential funding route for the terrorist organisations globally,” he said.

BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy offered to file a Public Interest Litigation after the capture of heroin, which according to the experts of Gandhi Nagar Central Forensic Science Laboratory, was found to be of “very high quality”.

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Leader of Telugu Desam Party, Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar at a presser said it was a “shame” for India to emerging as the epicentre of the contraband mafia.

“How is it possible for the international drug and uranium mafia to operate in Andhra Pradesh (Indian State) without the support of the government and top police officers,” he asked.

The Adani Group in a clarification said it was only a port operator and did not have the authority to check shipments arriving at the port.

COMMENTS (11)

samir sardana | 3 years ago | Reply 3 billion USD of Coke was found in MUNDRA PORT just 10 days ago The Chaiwala The Indian PM - Modi lost 3 Billion USD in its MARGINAL COST based investment in Afghanistan - to the Taliban In return an angel shipped 3 Billion USD of coke from Bander Abbas Which is FAR away from Chahabar to Mundra a port owned by a scion of Chaiwala To ensure that the consignee DOES NOT EAT UP THE COKE - the good Taliban tipped off the DRI - which otherwise had NO CLUE It was also a message to the Chaiwala and RAW that - that the next container could be 21 tons of RDX FCL CARGO IN HC 40 FEET CONTAINER - like in Beirut Lebanon - and in JNPT or any other port The Coke container was in BOND in a CWC warehouse in a PRIVATE PORT - and no one had a clue. Taliban HOPED that it would be caught - but when it was NOT - then they tipped off the Indian Duds Now the question is WHAT WAS IN THE CONTAINER What is the purity and grade Talcum Powder with COO of Afghanistan consignor is Afghan and it is shipped from BANDAR ABBAS not Chabahar- which is closer - and TALCUM POWDER IS IMPORTED INTO MUNDRA - WHEN THE CONSIGNEE IS IN SOUTH INDIA WHY NOT SHIP IT TO CHENNAI PORT TRUST AND NO ONE CHECKED THE TALCUM POWDER EVERYONE LOVES MUNDRA PORT - FOR OBVIOUS REASONS - EVERYTHING HAPPENS FAST - AS THE LUBE OIL IS THE FACE OF GANDHI ON A RS 2000 NOTE In Indian Private Ports the entire CUSTOMS AND DRI AND ECO INT IS OUTSOURCED TO THE PRIVATE PORT DE FACTO ALTHOUGH IN LAW IT IS NOT THE OSTENSIBLE AIM IS PORT EFFICIENCY MAXIMUM THROUGHPUT AND FASTEST SHIP TURNAROUND. IT IS A WIN-WIN-WIN TALIBAN HAS PAID ITS DEBT TO CHAIWALA TAIBAN HAS SOLD DRUGS WITH A MARGINAL COST OF 200 MILLION FOR 3 BILLION USD INDIANS WILL RECOUP SOME MONEY AND RAW WILL DIVERT THESE DRUGS TO PUNJAB THIS IS THE GENIUS OF THE TALIBAN Will the Indian Dodos be able to revive their nation with the Rama Temple Of course If RAW has to sell these drugs in Punjab - it will have to downgrade the coke - and then claim it was destroyed and sell the pure coke after blending in Punjab.The strategem of RAW and IB is to destroy the DNA of Sikhs and the entire North East - via drugs - which then leads to crime terror and trafficking Let us all set up Talcum powder factories in Afghanistan It must be very cheap to make it viable for an Indian Importer - located in South India The Indian Police are corrupt liars and thieves The DEA in India is abysmal - they have no INT The DRI discovers drugs by accident The Indian SME pharma units are MOSTLY INTO DRUGS INTERMEDIATES - WHICH ARE EXPORTED AND FOR WHICH THE GOI GIVES INCENTIVES THE DRUGS ARE MAKE FROM INDIAN INTERMEDIATES IN EAST ASIA - AND THEN EXPORTED TO INDIA AND USA - ALL WITH THE BLESSINGS OF THE INDIAN POLITY AND STATE THE INDIAN DEA SHARES NO INT WITH THE POLICE AS THE POLICE ARE CORRUPT AND THE POLICE INT HAS NO VALUE SO PARTY FOR DRUG DEALERS THAT IS Y TO DATE NO SEIZURE OF ANY VALUE HAS MADE IN INDIA OF DRUGS STOCKS AT KEY STOCKING POINTS ONLY THE USERS ARE CAUGHT - WHO ARE HAPLESS FOOLS THE LAW IS DESIGNED THAT WAY BY THE POLITY TO ENSURE THAT THE MAKERS AND IMPORTERS AND STOCKISTS ARE NOT CAUGHT With such an impotent insipid and incompetent enemy Pakistan should make haste dindooohindoo Jiye Jiye Pakistan
Syed Shah | 3 years ago | Reply He s a druggy Modi. Mass murderer and an extremist Hindu. Most Indian Hindus are fundamentalists and a lot of them are Hindu Extremists.
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