3,000 kg heroin seized at Mundra port; why are peddlers choosing the Gujarat route?

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a Chennai-based couple in Delhi in connection with the smuggling of 3,000 kg of heroin from Afghanistan. The contraband was seized by DRI officials from Mundra port in Gujarat on September 17, officials said.

The DRI probe, according to officials, revealed that the heroin was imported under cover as semi-processed Talc stones originating from Afghanistan by a Vijaywada-based Aashi Trading Company. The consignment was shipped from Iran's Bandar Abbas Port to Mundra Port, Gujarat.

In this debate on To The Point, Gaurav Sawant is joined by BJP spokesperson Nikhil Patel, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera and former DGP UP Vikram Singh, as questions are raised over why drug peddlers are using the Gujarat route.