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Over 4kg of gold retrieved from Puttalam Lagoon
A parcel weighing over 4kg of gold suspected to be intentionally sunk by smugglers was discovered in the depths of Puttalam Lagoon on a special search operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy near the Baththalangunduwa Island yesterday (8).
The operation conducted by SLNS Vijaya in the Northwestern Naval Command led to the arrest of two suspects and one dinghy boat believed to be linked to the incident and were handed over to Customs Preventive Office, Katunayake for further investigation.
Subsequently, the parcel of gold was taken into naval custody.The suspects were identified as residents of Kalpitiya, aged 27 and 35.
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