India police ask Musk's Starlink for buyer info in $4.2bn drug case

Authorities demand details on purchasers of equipment used in sea navigation

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A Starlink satellite internet system is set up on a miners boat on the Madeira River in Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, on July 4. © Reuters

BENGALURU (Reuters) -- Indian police have sent a legal demand to Elon Musk's Starlink seeking details of who purchased its internet device that helps in sea navigation when smugglers with $4.2 billion worth of meth were caught in the biggest such Indian seizure.

Two people with direct knowledge of the police notice sent by Andaman and Nicobar island officials said Starlink had been asked for the purchaser's name and payment method, registration details and where the internet device was used when smugglers travelled in international waters from Myanmar to India.

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