Adani Ports, India’s largest port operator, informed that its its terminals will stop handling all containers to and from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan from November 15.
According to Adani Ports:
This trade advisory will apply to all terminals operated by (Adani Ports) and including third party terminals at any (company) port till further notice
The announcement follows new that Indian officials seized three tonnes of heroin worth $2.65bn originating from Afghanistan during September.
The shipment originated in Afghanistan, where it was declared as talc stones.