Six Pak Nationals Get 20-Year Jail Term for ₹384-Cr Heroin Haul
Six Pak Nationals Get 20-Year Jail Term for ₹384-Cr Heroin Haul
Six Pakistan nationals are sentenced to 20 years each for smuggling 77 kg of heroin worth ₹384.68 crore off Gujarat’s coast in 2021, linked to the Al Husseini operation.
A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court in Bhuj, Gujarat, has sentenced six Pakistan nationals to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment each for smuggling approximately 77 kg of heroin, valued at ₹384.68 crore, into Indian maritime waters in December 2021. The court also imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh per person. The convicts are Mohammad Imran Mohammad Tariq Vagher (31), Danis Mohammad Husen Kutchi Vagher (24), Sagar Mohammad Kutchi Vagher (23), Ismail Ibrahim Barala (75), Mohammad Sajid Mohammad Husen Yakublala Kungra (24), and Ashfaq Mohammad Ishaq Vagher (26), all residents of Karachi, Pakistan. The judgment was delivered by the sixth additional district judge VA Buddha. The prosecution argued that such acts of supplying narcotic substances cannot be treated as ordinary offences and that the accused were part of a planned operation, noting that large-scale drug trafficking affects not only individuals but also national security.
During the trial, the prosecution presented 203 documentary evidences and examined 13 witnesses. The case relates to an operation in December 2021 when a Pakistani boat titled “Al Husseini” was intercepted off the Jakhau coast in Kutch following specific intelligence inputs. The vessel had entered Indian waters about 35 nautical miles from the coast between December 18 and 20 for delivery of narcotics. A joint team of the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad and the Indian Coast Guard carried out surveillance, and around 2:30 am on December 20, the suspicious boat was detected on radar and intercepted with six people on board.
