Navy seizes drugs worth Rs 600 mn…

January 4, 2021  

 

 

Sri Lanka Navy in a coordinated operation with the Police Narcotic Bureau and the Sri Lanka Air Force has apprehended 04 suspects with over 100 kg of Crystal Methamphetamine (ICE) and nearly 80 kg of Hashish being transported aboard on a multiday fishing trawler off Negombo, today (January 04).

The street value of the stock of narcotics held during the operation is believed to be over Rs 600 million.

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