3.75 kg of Afghani charas found washed up on Hazira beach, Surat
Surat police's Special Operations Group recovered three packets holding 3.754 kg of Afghan-origin charas from Hazira beach after fishermen raised the alarm. Police valued the haul at over Rs 1.87 crore and suspect smugglers dumped it at sea to evade capture.
Surat police’s Special Operations Group seized Afghan-origin charas, which the
police described as cannabis resin, on Hazira beach.[1]The drug was in
Starbucks Coffee packaging that had washed up on the beach, and police reached
the beach after fishermen noticed the packets.[1]Three packets of charas were
found in an uninhabited area along the seashore, approximately 500 meters from
tank numbers 1001 and 1002 behind the Shell company located in the Hazira area.[2]The Fishermen’s Watch Group at Hazira had informed the SOG that three
suspicious packets in Starbucks Coffee packaging had washed up on the shore.[2]The packets contained 3.754 kg of Afghani charas, with a total value
exceeding Rs 1.87 crore.[2]A separate police account of the same recovery put
the charas at 3.5 kg and worth Rs 1.8 crore.[1]
SOG sources said the charas was of the highest purity and costs Rs 50 lakh a
kilogram in the international market.[1]Police suspected that drug
traffickers had discarded the packets into the sea to avoid detection by the
authorities.[2]An SOG source said it was the same quality of charas found the
previous year at Suvali beach, whose packets bore the words Afghan Product, and
that FSL officials had confirmed the match.[1]
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Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
One account gives 3.5 kg worth Rs 1.8 crore and another gives 3.754 kg worth more than Rs 1.87 crore; the report uses the more precise 3.754 kg and Rs 1.87 crore figures.
No calendar date is stated, only that the recovery was on Tuesday; 13 August 2024, the Tuesday before the 14 August publications, is used as the incident date.
No arrests, named suspects, case registration or court outcome were reported.
Laboratory confirmation is limited to an SOG source saying FSL officials confirmed the charas matched last year's Suvali quality.
Both accounts come from the Surat SOG, so there is no independent witness account of the recovery.
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