During a special operation launched by Navy and Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG), over 183kg of Kerala cannabis was recovered in the seas north of Kankesanthurai in Jaffna, yesterday, Navy said.
58 cannabis parcels packed in 04 sacks had been cast-off about eight nautical miles north of Kankesanthurai by the racketeers due to the failure to smuggle them into the island and the street value of the stock is believed to be over Rs. 55 million.
The haul of cannabis had been destroyed and the entire operation was conducted adhering to healthcare guidelines, Navy said.
Maithree Wickramasinghe, wife of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was due to appear before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today to record a statement, has requested a two week period to provide her statement.
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