{"id":89123,"date":"2021-03-30T18:05:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T12:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=89123"},"modified":"2021-06-28T16:19:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T10:49:11","slug":"did-indian-coast-guard-intercept-boats-with-narcotics-and-weapons-headed-to-kerala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-indian-coast-guard-intercept-boats-with-narcotics-and-weapons-headed-to-kerala\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Indian Coast Guard intercept boats with narcotics and weapons headed to Kerala?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video has been shared on social media with the claim that drugs worth Rs 3,000 and arms and ammunition were seized in Minicoy Islands in Lakshadweep when they were being illegally shipped to Kerala.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">3000 crore worth of drugs, 4 AK47 rifles and a thousand rounds of ammunition were seized from Minicoy Island in Lakshadweep.<br \/>\nDoesn&#8217;t the news seem simple? But what main stream media and Kerala Govt forgot to mention is it was caught while they were illegally shipped to Kerala! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dl6MkBQPqR\">pic.twitter.com\/Dl6MkBQPqR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Usha (@mauna_adiga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mauna_adiga\/status\/1407352254768746515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News has received verification requests for the claim on its WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-89123 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-indian-coast-guard-intercept-boats-with-narcotics-and-weapons-headed-to-kerala\/img-20210628-wa0014\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"844\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210628-WA0014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210628-WA0014.jpg 844w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210628-WA0014-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210628-WA0014-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-indian-coast-guard-intercept-boats-with-narcotics-and-weapons-headed-to-kerala\/img-20210628-wa0015\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210628-WA0015.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210628-WA0015.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210628-WA0015-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210628-WA0015-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The claim was also widespread earlier in March ahead of assembly elections in Kerala. On March 18, the Indian Coast Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=indian+coast+guard+drugs+bullets&amp;sxsrf=ALeKk03ZqyDBzxzXxX5bJbR_RnpLhdIlYw%3A1616852007520&amp;source=lnt&amp;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A3%2F18%2F2021%2Ccd_max%3A3%2F26%2F2021&amp;tbm=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">intercepted three Sri Lankan fishing boats<\/a> near Lakshadweep islands and seized a huge cache of drugs and weapons. A week later several social media users claimed that the boats were trying to smuggle illegal goods into Kerala and shared an image of stacks of drugs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Drugs worth 3000cr, machine guns and 1000 bullets were caught when tried to smuggle to Kerala frm Lakshadweep.<br \/>\nYou heard all the numbers right. But its not a news in Kerala as all main stream media didnt shown it. They hided the news to stop people frm knowing it. Secular Kerala. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BMmjMDTrNo\">pic.twitter.com\/BMmjMDTrNo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pratheesh Viswanath (@pratheesh_Hind) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pratheesh_Hind\/status\/1375309300772392964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A similar claim was made by <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/84TFw\">@meelogsin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Coastguard apprehended drugs worth 3000cr, machine guns and 1000 bullets being smuggled into Kerala frm Lakshadweep. But no media coverage by the sickulars in Kerala?!?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meelogsin (@meelogsin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meelogsin\/status\/1375358082994352131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=Drugs%20worth%203000cr%2C%20machine%20guns%20and%201000%20bullets%20were%20caught%20when%20tried%20to%20smuggle%20to%20Kerala%20from%20Lakshadweep&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\">Facebook<\/a> users made this claim as well. Alt News had also received multiple requests to verify this on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-89123 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-indian-coast-guard-intercept-boats-with-narcotics-and-weapons-headed-to-kerala\/screenshot_20210326-165649\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210326-165649.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210326-165649.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210326-165649-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210326-165649-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210326-165649-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210326-165649-1022x1536.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-indian-coast-guard-intercept-boats-with-narcotics-and-weapons-headed-to-kerala\/screenshot-2021-03-27-at-19-05-25\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-27-at-19.05.25.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-27-at-19.05.25.png 713w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-27-at-19.05.25-281x300.png 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Image and video verification<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The image shared along with the viral claim was published in a 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/12\/17\/ghost-boat-loaded-with-cocaine-washes-up-on-marshall-islands\">Al Jazeera<\/a> report. As per the story, the image shows several 1 kg packages of drugs busted by Marshall Islands police. The Marshall Islands are a chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>The total stockpile weighed 649 kg and its worth was estimated to be about $80m. As per Al Jazeera, this was the nation\u2019s largest-ever haul of cocaine. The drugs washed up on Ailuk atoll after drifting on the high seas in an abandoned boat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89125 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-27-at-17.30.44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-27-at-17.30.44.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-27-at-17.30.44-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-27-at-17.30.44-768x796.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video currently viral indeed pertains to the drug bust in Minicoy Islands. The video was uploaded by Kanak News in March however, the channel hasn&#8217;t claimed that the boats were &#8216;headed&#8217; to Kerala.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Sri-Lankan Boat With Narcotics And Arms Seized By Indian Coast Guard At Minicoy Island\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TBlnJYhMCMY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Indian Coast Guard&#8217;s press release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On March 18, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) tweeted that three boats were intercepted off Minicoy islands carrying five AK-47 rifles with 1,000 live rounds and 300 kg of heroin. It further said that the <strong>boats are being escorted to the nearest port for further joint investigation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In a swift sea-air coordinated operation,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ICG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ICG<\/a> intercepted 03 suspected boats off <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Minicoy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Minicoy<\/a> Island carrying 05 AK-47 rifles with 1000 live rounds and 300 Kg of Heroin. Boats being escorted to nearest port for further joint investigation.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceMinIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefenceMinIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpokespersonMoD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpokespersonMoD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiaCoastGuard\/status\/1372518884993986568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>ICG also issued a press note on the interception which has no mention of the destination of the boats. Public Relations Officer ICG Commandant Anoop Kumar told Alt News, &#8220;The destination of these boats cannot be shared until the investigation is completed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The press note identified the boats as Sri Lankan Fishing Boat Ravihansi. &#8220;All the three boats along with 19 crew escorted to Vizhinjam, Kerala for a further joint investigation,&#8221; it stated.<\/p>\n<p>This was the second major anti-drug trafficking operation undertaken by ICG on the west coast of India within a fortnight. On March 5, 2021, Sri Lankan boat Akarsha Duwa with six crew was intercepted by ICG off Minicoy Island. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/indian-coast-guard-seizes-sri-lankan-boats-off-minicoy-islands\/article34013477.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hindu reported<\/a> that Akarsha Duwa and two other Sri Lankan boats apprehended on March 5 were also brought to Vizhinjam for further investigation. The Coast Guard Station at Vizhinjam is one of the three stations in Kochi.<\/p>\n<p>Several social media users made a baseless claim that the Indian Coast Guard apprehended drugs and weapons on boats en route to Kerala. The claim was made after ICG apprehended narcotics from Sri Lankan fishing boats on March 18. ICG did not state that the boats were headed to Kerala but that the matter will be investigated in Vizhinjam where a Coast Guard Station located.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video has been shared on social media with the claim that drugs worth Rs 3,000 and arms and ammunition were seized in Minicoy Islands in Lakshadweep when they were being illegally shipped to Kerala. 3000 crore worth of drugs, 4 AK47 rifles and a thousand rounds of ammunition were seized from Minicoy Island in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":97264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-89123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","fact_checks_claim_type-economics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized 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