Navy intercepts drug traffickers west of Iranative Island
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Heroin packets seized from traffickers
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The fast attack craft P 480 attached to the Northern Naval Command
arrested eight persons along with 02 kilograms of heroin and 02 vessels
in the seas west of Iranative Island on November 28.
The arrest was made close to midnight with the assistance of Inshore
Patrol Craft P 157.
Fast Attack Craft P 480 had detected a suspicious movement of a fiber
glass dingy in the seas west of Iranative Island sailing alongside an
Indian trawler, which had illegally entered Sri Lankan waters.
It intercepted the suspected boats with the assistance of IPC P 157
and subsequently recovered 04 parcels containing heroin, each weighing
approximately 500 grams. They arrested three Sri Lankans onboard the FGD
and five Indian nationals onboard the trawler, who were involved in the
smuggling racket.
The suspects with the seized heroin were handed over to the
Kankasanthurei Police for further investigations.
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The fast attack craft P 480 |
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