(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) A ship of the Pakistan Navy seized 280 kilograms of narcotics
during an operation in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, it said in a
statement, trend reports citing xinhua .
According to the statement, the ship deployed on regional
maritime security patrol intercepted a suspicious stateless fishing
boat at the sea and a big cache of narcotics was found during a
search.
The drug haul including crystal and ice was worth approximately
15 million U.S. dollars in the international market, added the
statement.
The navy personnel also confiscated the vessel, arrested its
crew members and handed them over to Pakistan's law enforcement
agencies for further legal proceedings.
The number of arrested crew members and their identities are not
yet known.
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