<p>The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 1.04 kg of cocaine, estimated to be valued at more than Rs 10.4 crore in the international market, from a container which arrived at Mundra port in Gujarat's Kutch district from Ecuador, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said on Tuesday.</p>.Drugs worth over Rs 1,610 crore seized by Assam Rifles in Manipur since July 2022.<p>The DRI received a specific input that some consignments imported from the South American country were likely to contain narcotics. Upon inspection of a container kept at the Container Freight Station at Gandhidham in Kutch district, it was revealed the bill of entry was not filed for the suspected consignment, said a PIB release.</p>.<p>Sources revealed the container was imported in 2021 and lying at the freight station in Gandhidham after it landed at Mundra port.</p>.<p>The consignment was declared as 'teak rough square logs'. During a thorough examination of the container filled with wooden logs, the DRI found a tightly wrapped packet. A forensic test confirmed the presence of cocaine in it, said the release.</p>.<p>Further investigation was in progress, it added.</p>
<p>The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 1.04 kg of cocaine, estimated to be valued at more than Rs 10.4 crore in the international market, from a container which arrived at Mundra port in Gujarat's Kutch district from Ecuador, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said on Tuesday.</p>.Drugs worth over Rs 1,610 crore seized by Assam Rifles in Manipur since July 2022.<p>The DRI received a specific input that some consignments imported from the South American country were likely to contain narcotics. Upon inspection of a container kept at the Container Freight Station at Gandhidham in Kutch district, it was revealed the bill of entry was not filed for the suspected consignment, said a PIB release.</p>.<p>Sources revealed the container was imported in 2021 and lying at the freight station in Gandhidham after it landed at Mundra port.</p>.<p>The consignment was declared as 'teak rough square logs'. During a thorough examination of the container filled with wooden logs, the DRI found a tightly wrapped packet. A forensic test confirmed the presence of cocaine in it, said the release.</p>.<p>Further investigation was in progress, it added.</p>