NIA court acquits 6 Pak nationals arrested in 2019 for smuggling 218kg heroin
They were sentenced to eight years’ rigorous imprisonment under Section 14A(b) of the Foreigners Act and five years each under Section 13(2) of the Act and the Passport Rules. The sentences will run concurrently and the seven years they have spent in custody will be set off against the sentence, the 151-page verdict said.The case dates to May 21, 2019, when the Indian Coast Guard intercepted Pakistani fishing boat Al-Madina near the International Maritime Boundary Line off Jakhau in Gujarat. According to the prosecution, the six Pakistani crew members brought 330 packets of narcotics in 11 polypropylene bags for delivery to an Indian recipient in Indian waters.The prosecution alleged that the crew threw all 11 bags in the sea when the Coast Guard approached the vessel.
- ▪They were sentenced to eight years’ rigorous imprisonment under Section 14A(b) of the Foreigners Act and five years each under Section 13(2) of the Act and the Passport Rules.
- ▪The sentences will run concurrently and the seven years they have spent in custody will be set off against the sentence, the 151-page verdict said.The case dates to May 21, 2019, when the Indian Coast Guard intercepted Pakistani fishing boa
- ▪According to the prosecution, the six Pakistani crew members brought 330 packets of narcotics in 11 polypropylene bags for delivery to an Indian recipient in Indian waters.The prosecution alleged that the crew threw all 11 bags in the sea w
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NIA court acquits 6 Pak nationals arrested in 2019 for smuggling 218kg heroinThe six Pakistanis were sentenced to eight years rigorous imprisonment for entering India without valid passports, visas or other documents.Published on: Jul 28, 2026, 08:00:00 ISTBy Maulik PathakPrefer HTon GoogleShare viaCopy link A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Ahmedabad on Monday acquitted six Pakistani fishermen and an Indian fisherman accused of smuggling 218 kg of heroin off the Gujarat coast in 2019, ruling that there were gaps in the prosecution’s account of the seizure of the contraband.(Unsplash)Special NIA judge Hemang Rajendra Rawal acquitted the six Pakistanis — Safdar Ali, Alahi Daad Angiyara, Azim Khan, Abdul Aziz, Abdul Gafur and Mohammad Malah — charged under the Indian…
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