The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against 10 people, who were arrested in Pakistan’s Balochistan region for allegedly sending a consignment of arms and drugs to India. According to the FIR, a foreign boat named “AL Soheli” was intercepted by Indian authorities in waters near Okha in Gujarat last year. The consignment was meant to finance terrorist activities in Punjab and northern India.
As per the NIA FIR, the boat with registration BFD 14460 was intercepted on December 26, 2023. Ten foreign nationals were arrested along with the consignment seized on the vessel. During a joint operation by the Indian Coast Guard and ATS Gujarat, 40 kg of narcotics along with six foreign made pistols, six magazines and 120 live cartridges were seized. The FIR states that the purpose of this consignment is to provide financial support to terrorist activities in India and to provide funds to terrorist gangs in Punjab and northern India.
The NIA said that a foreign drug lord – Haji Salim Baloch Wala of Balochistan, Pakistan – had sent the consignment of arms and drugs. The shipment was sent from Poshani beach in Balochistan to Haroon in Gujarat sea.
An FIR has been registered for the offense under various sections of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and the Arms Act, 1959.
The FIR names 10 people, all residents of Balochistan, Pakistan. These people were Kadarbaksh Umetan Baloch, Ismail Sabzal Baloch, Amanullah Musa Baloch, Allabakhsh Hater Baloch, Goharbakhsh Dilmurad Baloch, Anmal Pulan Baloch, Gulmohammed Hatir Baloch, Andamel Boher Baloch, Abdulgani Janglayan Baloch and Abdulhakim Dilgurad Baloch.
The Central Government was informed about the FIR in this matter on December 28 last year at the Gujarat Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad station. Due to the gravity of the crime and its national and international linkages, the Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Radicalisation Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs ordered the NIA to take over the case on March 6 this year.
The case is now being investigated by the NIA under various sections of the CrPC, the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and the Arms Act, 1959.
