The Navy discovered 606kg of Kendu leaves adrift in Mattutivu Island in Kalpitiya lagoon yesterday(24).
The Kendu leaves were in 19 sacks floating in the lagoon.
The seized consignment of Kendu leaves were taken into naval custody and later will be handed over to the authorities for further investigations.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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