India, March 9 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), in a joint operation with the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), seized 29.954 kg Hashish Oil worth rs 33 crore from a tug-barge vessel sailing towards Maldives on March 7th 2025.
DRI officers developed specific intelligence and identified a tug vessel towing a barge laden with rock boulders, which had departed from Tuticorin Old Port. It was revealed that a gang based in Tuticorin covertly loaded significant quantities of Hashish Oil onto the barge mid-sea during its voyage to the Maldives, with the assistance of a crew member from the vessel.
At the behest of the DRI, the Indian Coast Guard intercepted the vessel on March ...