A parcel containing heroin floating in the sea has been found by the police on a tip-off from a fisherman in the Sinnapaduwa, Mundalama area, Police said today.
The parcel contained about one kilogram of heroin and had been afloat for a couple of months, investigations revealed.
Police believe that the drugs may have been dropped off to be picked up by another group, but had not been picked up.
They said that it may be due to the risk of getting detected or losing track of the parcel.
It has been a common practice that drugs smuggled into the country from south India is dropped mid-sea and collected by groups who pose off as fishermen.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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