In a decisive blow to drug trafficking, the Sri Lanka Navy intercepted a local multi-day fishing trawler (01) carrying a stock of suspected narcotics during an operation conducted in the western seas off Beruwala. This operation, carried out under the national mission “A Nation United”, resulted in the apprehension of six suspects (06) and the seizure of the trawler used to smuggle the illicit substance.

The Sri Lanka Navy recovered a haul of foreign-origin cannabis weighing approximately 78kg and 300g during a search operation conducted in the seas off Devil’s Point, Kilinochchi on 13 Mar 26.