Navy seizes Kerala cannabis in Mannar

by Norman Palihawadane

The Navy took into custody 10 kilos of Kerala cannabis, during a search operation conducted with the Division Crime Investigation Bureau at Vankalai, in Mannar, on Sunday. Four persons and a van had been taken into custody, the Navy said.

The raid was conducted by the personnel of SLNS Thambapanni, with the assistance of the Mannar Division Crime Investigation Bureau. They intercepted a suspicious van, during a coordinated search carried out in Vankalai, and recovered five parcels of Kerala cannabis, weighing about 10.6 kilos. The gross street value of Kerala cannabis recovered in this operation was believed to be more than four million rupees, police said.

The suspects were residents of Mannar, who are between 22 to 30 years of age. The suspects, along with Kerala cannabis, and the van, were handed over to the Mannar Police for onward legal action.