Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the value of the recent drug seizure off the Kerala coast was more than the cumulative value of narcotics seized during the ten-year rule of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre before the BJP came to power in 2014. In a jibe at the Congress, he said the lapses in coastal security had led to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
Mr. Shah made these comments while laying the foundation stone for the permanent campus of the National Academy of Coastal Policing at Okha (NACP) in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat.
“The Indian Navy and Coast Guard seized drugs worth ₹12,000 crore off the Kerala coast recently. This is more than what was seized in an entire year in the past. During ten years of UPA, narcotics worth Rs 680 crore were seized. And we have seized drugs worth ₹12,000 crore in one instance. It proves that the security scenario has improved,” the Home Minister said.
