Indian Coast Guard ship apprehended one Pakistani fishing boat “Al-Madina” off Gujarat coast and recovered narcotics.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) is pursuing the prosecution of the apprehended Pakistani crew.Besides, Indian Coast Guard is maintaining intensive surveillance in sea areas off Gujarat coast through deployment of its surface and air assets alongwith all stakeholders of coastal security mechanism to ensure credible response to any such incident in future.In addition, electronic surveillance of coastal area is regularly undertaken through the Coastal Surveillance Network (CSN). Further, close coordination is being maintained with the intelligence agencies including Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for expeditious information exchange to enable immediate response to any emerging situation.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naikin a written reply to ShriLal SinhVadodiain Rajya Sabha today.
