With a surprising discovery, Sandhya Aqua Exports Private Limited, a company in aquaculture based in Visakhapatnam and operated by the private sector, has been accused of being the target of a giant investigation done by the CBI. It was within the Garuda operation of the CBI that a container, which originally set-off from Santos Port, Brazil and whose contents were supposed to be of 1,000 bags of inactive dried yeast, was found at Visakhapatnam Port.
The experts decided to check the yeast and found something terrible – presumably it was cocaine that was allegedly mixed with the yeast. The organization, through its officials, declared that it has nothing to do with the smuggled drugs that were supposed to be delivered to them (but which they did not know of). However, the seizure of the entire stock was not a reason for the in-depth investigation to be terminated.
This fact is a warning of how widely established these international criminal networks are as they take advantage of legal trade routes for moving drugs. The case of Sandhya Aqua Exports Private Limited which unknowingly was involved in this illegal scheme, has actually highlighted the aquacultural industry’s ability to be a vulnerable instrument for some illicit activities.
The investigation is an undeniable milestone reinforcing the multi-layered challenges faced by the fisheries and aquaculture sector not only in guaranteeing high-quality and safe products but also in protecting them from the criminals. The CBI issued a press release highlighting its resolve to interdict the global drug trade. Accordingly, the agency replied that it collaborates with Interpol inputs in order to respond actively to the problem.
Investigation tells the Sandhya Aqua Exports Private Limited that the aquaculture business is echoing throughout the communities of aquaculture, which is further implying that to protect the country’s integrity and the safety of fisheries from the illicit activities, there is need for vigilance and stringent guidelines.
