Nirmala Sitharaman asked authorities to look after big fish and find out who is behind scheme . Minister also urged revenue intelligence officers to work together with international counterparts to charge large handlers .
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked authorities to look after big fish and find out who is behind the scheme.The minister also urged revenue intelligence officers to work together with international counterparts to charge large handlers who aren't behind the scenes and ensure that smugglers do not outsmart authorities.We have to work hard and make sure the final result is not only for the individual who was caught with a small sachet or a kilogram of cocaine, but also for those who are sending mountains of it into this world, who can afford the mountain, she said.Her remarks come on top of a record number of drugs being confiscated at Gujarat ports in recent months.Last week, 143 kilograms of cocaine worth Rs 478 crore was confiscated in Gujarat's poll-bound territory, including the 2,988 kilograms confiscated at Mundra port, 833 kilograms of gold, and 321 kilograms of cocaine, among other contraband, according to Sitharaman, who said that crime syndicates are evolving at a rapid rate and infiltrating the region with new methods of concealing drugs and gold, as well as taking punitive measures against Is it sufficient to win public trust?It isn't necessary at all.
If at least in a few cases, the global mafia is the one that controls this.Sitharaman also asked the intelligence officers to investigate whether India is a transit country or a consuming country when it comes to illicit narcotic drug trafficking, the minister said.In the last fiscal year, the DRI confiscated 833.07 kg of gold worth Rs 405.35 crore.So, she said, be sure to safeguard the technology and systems on which you are relying.