In a decisive strike against the drug menace, the Sri Lanka Navy intercepted a local multiday fishing trawler (01) carrying a staggering haul of suspected narcotics in the seas southwest of the island. 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 took hold of a significant cache of smuggled goods during a search operation conducted at the Kudawa beach area in Kalpitiya on 31 Mar 26.