Tri-nation naval excercise held to curb narcotics smuggling
Indian, Sri Lankan Navies and Maldives National Defence Force took half within the occasion
A tri-nation desk prime anti-narcotics and maritime search and rescue train, ‘Exercise Shield’, was held between Indian and Sri Lankan Navies and Maldives National Defence Force to share greatest practices and fine-tune procedures amid rising cases of narcotics smuggling within the area.
“The exercise was focused at enhancing maritime security cooperation and mutual understanding, exchange of best practices, procedures for countering common trans-national maritime crimes such as narcotics smuggling, evolving modalities for exchanging information, intelligence and to assist each other in maritime search and rescue,” a Navy assertion stated.
The desk prime train and simulation was held just about on July 14 and 15 with the Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command because the lead company.
“The exercise coordinated by Maritime Warfare Centre, Mumbai is part of ongoing efforts towards strengthening maritime partnership amongst the three countries and further boost the security environment in the Indian Ocean Region [IOR],” the Navy acknowledged.
There has been a steep improve in restoration of narcotics within the IOR lately and has been a serious concern for maritime safety companies.
For occasion, in April the Navy had recovered over 300 kg of narcotics from a fishing vessel within the Arabian Sea estimated to price ₹3,000 crore within the worldwide market. The Navy had then acknowledged that it was a serious catch when it comes to disrupting smuggling routes, which emanate from the Makran coast and move in the direction of the Indian, Maldivian and Sri Lankan locations.
Similarly, in February the Coast Guard seized a serious narcotics transshipment estimated at ₹2,100 crore within the Lakshadweep Sea.