New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) Two Indian nationals have been apprehended along with 173 kgs of narcotics by a joint team of the NCB, Indian Coast Guard and Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) from along the Gujarat coast, official sources said Monday.

The agencies caught this cache from a small fishing boat that was sailing in the Arabian Sea, off the Porbandar coast.

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A total of 173 kgs of Hashish (extracted from cannabis) along with two Indians have been caught as part of a joint operation undertaken by the three agencies, the sources said.

The Gujarat ATS is further investigating the case, they said.

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A total of 86 kg of drugs worth Rs 600 crore was on Sunday seized from a Pakistani boat by the three agencies from around the same area in Gujarat with the arrest of 14 people.

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