Five arrested with 290kg of heroin at sea

 

 

 Sri Lanka Navy has seized a trawler with five persons onboard, carrying over 200 kilograms of heroin, Navy Spokesman Captain Indika De Silva said.

A stock of 290.02 kilograms of heroin was seized aboard a multi-day fishing vessel, attempted to be smuggled into the island by sea.

The suspects were brought ashore earlier this morning (31), along with the vessel and the consignment of narcotics.

It is suspected that the consignment of narcotics, valued at nearly Rs.2321 million, was fetched to the trawler from foreign smugglers in international waters.

The operation was carried out by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Navy, based on a tip-off received by the State Intelligence Service.