Sri Lanka Police today destroyed more than 900 kilograms of cocaine seized by the Narcotics Bureau during a raid in 2016.
The cocaine was disposed at a gathering in the presence of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the INSEE Ecocycle, a waste management company in the Katunayake Investment Promotion Board, the company confirmed in a media release.
The cocaine stock, reported to be the largest cocaine haul seized from a container aboard a vessel that was on a voyage from Ecuador to Munrah Harbor in India via Colombo.
Pic courtesy INSEE
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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