ED launches probe in Mundra Port record heroin seizure case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a money laundering probe into the recent seizure of a record nearly 3,000 kg heroin from two containers at the Mundra port in Gujarat, official sources said on Tuesday. The federal agency is studying the details of the case and proceeding forward under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, they said. The agency has also sought the complaint filed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence while unearthing the smuggling of the narcotic. The case pertains to the DRI, an enforcement agency under the Union Finance Ministry like the ED, seizing a total of 2,988.21 kg Afghan heroin from the Mundra port in the Kutch district around September 15.