196 days, 7 countries, 23 ports: Cocaine ship’s Brazil-India journey

AHMEDABAD: The cargo vessel, MV Europe, from which Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Indian Coast Guard seized 115kg of cocaine worth Rs 1,150 crore near Mundra port, had spent nearly 196 days traversing oceans. It made 40 recorded stops at 23 ports across seven countries before India’s biggest maritime anti-narcotics operation ended its journey.