Coast Guard personnel attached to the Northern Naval Command recovered a consignment of heroin weighing 9.3 kg floating in the Northern Seas 8 Nm off the Kankesanthurei harbour today, Navy said.
Upon spotting a suspicious parcel floating in the Northern waters today morning, the Coast Guard personnel on routine patrol aboard Coast Guard vessel seized the parcel and brought it to the Kankesanthurei harbour for further investigation. Subsequent investigation conducted into the incident in coordination with Kankesanthurei Police, revealed that the consignment is heroin. The stock of heroin with a street value of 90 million will be handed over to the Kankesanthurei Police for onward legal action.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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