Overview
- Security teams intercepted the Cyprus‑flagged vessel Europe in the outer anchorage off Mundra and recovered five floating bags that tested positive for roughly 115–119 kg of cocaine during the early hours of May 26.
- A Tanzanian crewman, Juma Nasir Omar, was arrested on board while a second crew member jumped into the sea and remains at large; two alleged recipients from Dwarka, Delhi, have been detained and are being moved to Gujarat for questioning.
- Investigators found Apple AirTags, two Garmin GPS/satellite communicators and a high‑frequency satellite phone with the consignment and say the drugs were loaded in Brazil in November 2025 before transiting via multiple countries including Port Qasim in Karachi.
- The ship has been escorted to port for detailed searches and forensic work, teams are hunting for a possibly unrecovered bag and the escapee, and a case under the NDPS Act is being pursued as interrogations continue.
- Officials call this the 15th joint ICG–ATS anti‑narcotics action in five years and say the seizure exposes how organised networks use mother vessels, at‑sea transfer and tracking tech to exploit major ports and outer anchorage zones.