Five nabbed with over 154 kg of Kerala Ganja
February 24, 2017 03:08 pm
Sri Lanka Navy personnel have arrested three persons who were reportedly transporting 154.6 kg of Kerala Ganja by boat.
The arrests were made in the seas northwest of Kankesanthirai yesterday (23), during Navy Patrol Craft operations carried out in Northern Seas.
Further searches into the incident revealed information of two more suspects in connection to this cannabis transportation racket in Uduththurei sea area, Sri Lanka Navy said.
The two suspects and a dinghy were also arrested. The arrested stock of cannabis, suspects and dinghies have been handed over to the Kankesanthirai Police for further investigations.
The Navy says it had seized 700 kg of Kerala Cannabis during search operations carried out in northern seas from 2016 to 24th February, 2017.