Another major narcotics haul seized in southern seas
Executive Intelligence Dispatch
Gross street value of drug consignment Rs. 4.2 bn The Navy intercepted a local multi-day fishing trawler smuggling approximately 189 kg and 246 g of crystal methamphetamine (ice) and heroin respectively on the high seas south of Sri Lanka.
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- —Gross street value of drug consignment Rs.
- —4.2 bn The Navy intercepted a local multi-day fishing trawler smuggling approximately 189 kg and 246 g of crystal methamphetamine (ice) and heroin respectively on the high seas south of Sri Lanka.
- —Five persons were taken into custody.
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