Six crew members, including a Pakistani and Iranian national were taken into custody. The joint operation was launched after a tip off. The six people, who are now in the custody of the authorities, are being questioned

Kochi: The Indian Navy and Narcotics Contol Bureau (NCB) in a joint operation seized 200 kg of heroine from an Iranian boat off the Kochi coast in Kerala on Thursday. Six crew members, including a Pakistani and Iranian national were taken into custody.

The joint operation was launched after a tip off. The boat has been brought to the Mattancherry wharf, near here. The six people, who are now in the custody of the authorities, are being questioned.