New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a supplementary charge sheet against 9 people in the case relating to the seizure of 3000kg of Heroin at Mundra Port in Gujarat last year.

With the addition of these nine people including 4 Afghan nationals, the number of accused in the case now stand at 25. In past, the NIA had filed a charge sheet against 16 people. Six of them are still absconding.

The charge sheet was filed in a special NIA court in Ahmedabad against the accused, who are members of an international network involved in the smuggling of heroin from Afghanistan to India for further distribution in Punjab, Delhi, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and other states, a spokesperson of the federal agency said.

The nine accused were identified as Afghan nationals Jannat Gul Kaker, Mujahid Shinwari, Shami Ullah, and Mohammad Lal Kaker; Sarabjit Singh alias “Setthi”, Balwinder Singh and Jasvir Singh of Punjab; and Imtiaz Ahmad and Imran Ahmad of Uttar Pradesh.

The DRI seized 2,988 kg of heroin worth Rs 21,000 crore in September 2021 from Mundra Port. Later, NIA took over the case from DRI on the directives of the Union home ministry. The accused are charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. 

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