Gujarat port drug bust: ED files money laundering case

The ED has filed a money laundering case in connection with the consignment of heroin weighing 3,000 kg which was seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence from Gujarat's Mundra port.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money laundering case in connection with the drug haul which was seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) from a Gujarat port.

The case by ED is based on an FIR filed by the DRI after it seized a consignment of heroin weighing 3,000 kg and worth Rs 21,000 crore at Gujarat’s Mundra port on September 17. The banned drug is believed to have been smuggled from Afghanistan.