Indian national among six arrested with heroin

Six persons, including an Indian national were taken into custody by the Sri Lanka Navy in the Pallimunai area while in the possession of 2.24kilograms of heroin. The arrests had taken place on Saturday (3) evening. 

The navy said the arrests were made based on a tip off by navy personnel on the SLNS Gajaba located in Mannar in North Central Naval Comman. 

The suspects, fix Sri Lankans and an Indian national, had been posing as fishermen. They had been engaged in the process of transferring the heroin consignment to Sri Lankan hands when the raid took place.   

The arrested persons and the stock of heroin were produced to the Police Narcotics Bureau in Vavunia for onward investigations, the navy stated. 

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