A court docket in Kerala sentenced six Iranian nationals to rigorous imprisonment in a case pertaining to the seizure of 200 kilograms of heroin by the Navy from Indian territorial waters off Kochi in 2022.
Extra district and classes choose (VII) V P M Suresh Babu awarded rigorous imprisonment of 12 years for 4 of the accused, whereas two others, aged 63 and 18, have been sentenced to endure ten years of rigorous imprisonment.
Narcotic Management Bureau (NCB) public prosecutor Sunil J informed the court docket that the accused have been concerned within the import of economic portions of heroin and different substances to India. Possession of any amount exceeding 250 grams of heroin is an offence beneath the NDPS Act.
On October 6, 2022, a fishing boat was intercepted by INS Sunayna throughout a routine surveillance. The Navy handed over the Iranian nationals and the contraband to the NCB, which later charge-sheeted the accused. The contraband additionally included 50 grams of cannabis and 400 grams of opium.
