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Navy foils attempt to smuggle ammonium salt of glyphosate
View(s):Three Indian nationals attempting to smuggle banned pesticide into the country were arrested off the north western coast by the Navy on Friday.
Navy personnel attached to the North-Central Naval Command apprehended the smugglers at sea 33 nautical miles west of Kudiramalai.
Naval personnel took into custody 1,125 kg of ammonium salt of glyphosate which the suspects had in their possession as well as the Indian dhow used in the smugglin operstion.
The smugglers, the pesticides and the dhow were handed over to the Talaimanner police
The Navy foiled an attempt to smuggle pesticides into the country
