Navy personnel attached to the North-Western Naval Command have seized 1232.5 kilograms of beedi leaves which were found floating in the seas off Udappuwa.
It has been reported that the contraband had been packed in 35 parcels.
The seized beedi leaves were intended to be smuggled into the country illegally, Navy said.
Further investigations on the seizure are being carried out by the Sinnappadu Customs Department.
Following this seizure, the total haul of beedi leaves which have been seized by the Navy this year stood at 7000 kilograms.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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