Cocaine worth ₹220 crore seized from Indonesian ship at Odisha port, crew detained

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Officials in Bhubaneswar have seized cocaine worth 220 crore from a Indonesian ship that docked at Paradip port..

Customs officials were notified after a crane operator spotted 22 suspicious packets..

The Vietnamese crew has been detained for questioning and officials are conducting a thorough search of the ship with the help of sniffer dogs ..

The international market price of the seized material would be between 200 crore and 220 crore," state Commissioner of Customs Madhaab Chandra Mishra told PTI..

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