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The Indian Coast Guard arrested 14 persons on board the vessel.
The seizure took place during a special raid that was held as part of observing the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
An Assam native, suspected of supplying drugs to rave parties in the city, was caught by Excise officials on Friday with allegedly 30 grams of heroin.
The six Iranian crew members have also been arrested under relevant sections of the NDPS Act, 1985.
According to police officials, he is one of the major links in the international racket supplying drugs to Kerala.
The DRI also confirmed that two Thiruvananthapuram natives were part of the gang.
The DRI officials recovered 218 heroin packets of one kilogram each during the search operation carried out on the seized boats which were brought to the Coast Guard headquarters in Kochi.
The Coast Guard ships intercepted and apprehended the Pakistani boat 'Al Haj' when it ventured into the Indian waters, the spokesperson said in a statement.
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