DRI and customs seize possible radioactive substances sent from Pakistan to China

Mumbai, November 19: In major development, , a joint team of Customs and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized eight containers from a foreign vessel at Mundra Airport, that believed to carry radioactive substances from Karachi in Pakistan to Shanghai in China.

 

Adani Ports and Logistics has issued statement saying that the cargo was listed as non-hazardous but the seized containers had hazard Class 7 markings (which indicate radioactive substances).

 

“On November 18, 2021, a joint Customs and DRI team seized several containers at Mundra Port from a foreign vessel on concerns that they contained undeclared hazardous cargo. While the cargo was listed as Non-Hazardous, the seized containers had Hazard Class 7 markings (which indicate radioactive substances). Although the containers were not destined for Mundra Port or any other port in India but were en route from Karachi in Pakistan to Shanghai in China, the government authorities had them offloaded at Mundra Port for further inspection,” it said in a statement.

 

 

The company lauded the Customs and DRI employees for their alertness and vigilance and said that APSEZ had provided all sorts of support and assistance possible for this operation.

 

“We salute their alert diligence and will continue to fully assist any action that keeps India safe. The Adani Group takes national security very seriously and will not allow it to be compromised in any way,” the statement reads.

 

In conclusion, the company wrote that APSEZ would continue to support any action that keeps India secure. The Adani Group is committed to national security and will not allow it to be jeopardised in any way”, read the statement.

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