Drugs Worth Rs 250 Crore Seized In Gujarat’s Bharuch District, Second Such Seizure In Less Than 10 Days

The director of Avsar Enterprise, Vishal Patel, was arrested along with two others, though the owner of the company is reportedly abroad.

Representational Image | In Gujarat's Bharuch district, authorities seized drugs worth Rs 250 crore from Avsar Enterprise.

Source : ABPLIVE AI

Drugs valued at Rs 250 crore were seized from Avsar Enterprise in the Ankleshwar GIDC area of the Bharuch district of Gujarat, according to officials. The joint raid by Surat and Bharuch Police uncovered 141 grams of MD drugs worth Rs 14.10 lakh, while 427 kilograms of suspected substances have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for testing.

According to a report by IANS, the director of Avsar Enterprise, Vishal Patel, was arrested along with two others, though the owner of the company is reportedly abroad. This bust is part of a broader crackdown by Gujarat Police, which has recently seized drugs valued in the thousands of crores.

This Is Not Just An Operation, But A War Against Drugs: Harsh Sanghvi 

In a prior operation, drugs worth Rs 5,000 crore were seized from Aavkar Drugs Limited, also in Ankleshwar. During the Police Martyrs' Remembrance Day event, Gujarat's State Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi praised the police, calling the operation "This is not just an operation, but a war against drugs."

He noted the recent seizure of 2,100 grams of drugs by the Surat Police Crime Branch, which expanded the operation into the Bharuch district. Sanghvi emphasised the ongoing efforts of the state to combat drug trafficking.

In May 2024, data from the Election Commission (EC) revealed that Gujarat contributed nearly one-third of the total value of drugs seized across India.

Between March 1 and May 18, 2024, the EC reported drug seizures worth Rs 3,958.85 crore, accounting for nearly 45 per cent of the total Rs 8,889 crore in seizures during this period. Gujarat alone accounted for Rs 1,187.8 crore, or about 30 per cent, of the total drug haul.

The Election Commission attributed this increase to heightened vigilance and enforcement efforts aimed at curbing the flow of narcotics and psychotropic substances. "Continuous monitoring, precise data interpretation, and active participation of enforcement agencies have led to this significant spurt in seizures," the EC noted.