Gujarat’s Mundra Port Saw Most Drug Seizures In 5 years: Parliament Data

Last Updated:March 18, 2026, 17:06 IST

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in its written reply, informed Parliament that Drug Law Enforcement Agencies registered 18 seizure incidents across ports over five years

India’s private ports, particularly in Gujarat, have emerged as the most targeted entry points for narcotic traffickers, with official data tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday revealing that Adani Port SEZ and CFS Mundra together accounted for five of the 18 major seizures recorded between 2021 and 2025, more than any other port location in the country.

The data was presented in response to a question on drug seizures across Indian ports.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in its written reply, informed Parliament that Drug Law Enforcement Agencies registered 18 seizure incidents across ports over five years. Gujarat alone accounted for eight of these.

The single largest haul was at Adani Port SEZ, Mundra, in September 2021, 2,988 kg of heroin seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence. Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) followed as the second most-hit facility, appearing in six separate seizures, including 345 kg of heroin nabbed by Delhi Police in September 2022. Across 2021 and 2022, heroin seizures at ports totalled approximately 4,159 kg.

The nature of drugs being smuggled also shifted sharply by 2024. Two seizures at CFS Mundra that year yielded a combined 94.19 lakh tramadol tablets, a prescription opioid increasingly trafficked to West Africa and the Middle East, alongside 1,000 tramadol injections seized at CFS Kolkata.

MHA Credits Inter-Agency Coordination

Defending the Government’s record, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told the House that rising seizure numbers reflected enforcement success. “The seizures at major ports is the result of the effective measures taken in the field of controlling drug trafficking and highlight the successful coordination between State and Central Law Enforcement Agencies, the NCB, and Indian Security Forces such as the Indian Coast Guard and the Indian Navy," MHA stated in its reply.

Zero Seizures in 2025?

The Government pointed to the creation of the Multi Agency Maritime Security Group in November 2021 and confirmed that 10 national-level and 47 state-level Joint Coordination Committee meetings had been held. Yet the data shows 2025 recorded zero seizures in the NCB’s official Form-F database, a sudden silence after four consecutive years of port busts.

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