Guj drug haul : 2,988 kg heroin seizure at Adani’s Mundra Port linked to terror attacks by LeT

NEW DELHI : The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday in the Supreme Court opposed the bail plea of a Delhi-based businessman held in the Rs 21,000 crore Mundra Port drug haul case and said the proceeds of sale were used for funding terror activities of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh reserved its verdict on the bail plea of Harpreet Singh Talwar alias Kabir Talwar, who ran popular clubs in the national capital and was arrested by the agency in August, 2022, in what is termed as biggest drug haul in the country.

“These are front people of the organisation but the blood of innocent people who lost their lives in terror attacks is also on their hands,” additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati said.

Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati appearing for the NIA conveyed this to a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N K Singh while opposing the bail plea of a key accused, Harpreet Singh Talwar alias Kabir Talwar of Delhi, in the case. The law officer said the narcotics was trafficked to India “disguised as legal imports in the form of semi-processed talc stones and bituminous coal” and “the proceeds… were sent back to the consignors, who used these funds for funding terrorist activities of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)”.