A boat with 60 packets of drugs was stopped, and six Pakistani crew members were caught off the Gujarat coast on Tuesday, an official said.

Sunil Joshi, superintendent of police, ATS, stated that the Indian Coast Guard, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) teamed up for a joint operation based on a tip-off. They conducted the operation in the Arabian Sea near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).

Joshi said, "We seized a vessel carrying nearly 60 packets of contraband about 180 nautical miles off the Porbandar coast. The boat with six Pakistani crew members is now being brought in for further investigation."

The authorities have yet to determine the type of drug and its value as the boat is being brought to the shore.

This marks the second significant anti-narcotics operation conducted by the agencies in the Arabian Sea within a month. On February 26, five foreign nationals were arrested off the Porbandar coast with 3,300 kg of narcotics, including charas.