The activities of many companies exporting aquaculture products are now under scanner after the goods seized by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from a shipping container at the Visakhapatnam Port tested positive for a variety of narcotic drugs.
In response to an alert issued by Interpol, the CBI officials seized the goods imported by Sandhya Aqua Exports Private Limited from Santos Port in Brazil on March 20. The investigation officers questioned the representatives of the company which imported the goods mentioned as ‘inactive dried yeast’ used as fish and shrimp feed.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the CBI, Customs and other departments, which participated in ‘Operation Garuda’ questioned many aqua export and import companies in Andhra Pradesh.
