Naval personnel attached to the North Central Naval Command, during routine patrol recovered 284.5kg of Kerala Cannabis floating in the sea area southeast of Iranativu island yesterday, Navy said.
It is suspected that the haul of cannabis which has been packed into 95 parcels has been dumped at sea with the intention of bringing them to the shore later. Meanwhile, this stock of cannabis is recorded as the largest haul recovered by the Navy in the recent history. The recovered haul of cannabis with a street value of Rs. 30 million was handed over to the Mulankavil Police for onward action.
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