A 34kg-stock of Kerala Cannabis was retrieved on Pungudutivu Island in Jaffna during a search operation by the Sri Lanka Navy on January 15.
Accordingly, 16 parcels were recovered stashed in a large sack in the shrubbery along the Iruppidi beach of the Pungudutivu Island in Jaffna.
The operation was executed by SLNS Gotaimbara in the Northern Naval Command.
The Sri Lanka Navy estimates that the consignment of the Kerala Cannabis which was later handed over to the relevant authorities for legal proceedings has a street value over Rs. 13 million.
Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan has been arrested by the CID in Batticaloa.
A person who carried a nine millimeter fire arm to the departure terminal of the Bandaranike International airport was arrested by airport police yesterday.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been summoned by the Bribery Commission following a statement he made supporting MP Chamara Sampath Dissanayake who is in custody.
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