Navy about 48 kilos and 900 grams of cannabis during a special night foot patrol carried out in the beach area of Kottadi in Point Pedro yesterday.
Northern Naval Command had searched a suspicious dinghy at the beach and recovered Kerala cannabis concealed in polythene sacks, Navy said.
Further, the Navy nabbed 02 motorbikes from the location. The street value of the stock of the cannabis is believed to be over Rs14 million, the SLN also said.
According to the SLN sources, the apprehended stock and 02 motorbikes were handed over to the Point Pedro Police for onward investigation.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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