Navy and Coast Guard seize 458.9 kg of Kerala cannabis off Delft Island
The Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard stopped a dinghy southeast of Delft Island on 9 November 2022 and seized about 458.9 kg of Kerala cannabis in 18 packages, arresting two suspects. The haul was valued at over 137 million rupees.
🇱🇰 Waters southeast of Delft Island, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
In the early hours of 9 November 2022, the Coast Guard craft CG 402 attached
to the Northern Naval Command stopped a suspicious dinghy in the sea southeast
of Delft Island, Jaffna.[1][2]Officers found about 458.9 kg of Kerala
cannabis in 18 packages aboard and arrested the two suspects with the boat.[1][2]
The two men, aged 37 and 44 and from Mandaitivu and Nachchikuda, were to be
handed to the Delft police with the cannabis and the dinghy for legal action.[1][2]The Navy put the street value of the haul at more than 137 million
rupees.[1][2]
Case data
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Sri Lanka Police said 597,964 drug-related operations over the past two years involved 596,591 suspects and recovered 43,726 kilograms of narcotics, of which 28,441 kilograms was cannabis. Police valued the whole haul at about Rs. 224 billion and also reported 4,056 firearms and weapons seized in the same period.
Sri Lanka Customs opened nine uncollected foreign postal parcels at the Central Mail Exchange in Colombo and seized kush, hashish, ecstasy and cocaine worth Rs 60.26 million. The parcels came from Thailand, Spain, Britain and the US; the drugs went to the Police Narcotic Bureau.
Sri Lanka Customs found 2.4 kg of cannabis and 12.4 kg of hashish worth Rs 157 million hidden inside wooden table boards shipped from Thailand as a gift. A 29-year-old suspect from Ragama was taken into Customs custody.
The Sri Lanka Navy intercepted a dinghy in Jaffna's Gurunagar lagoon and reported recovering over 192 kg of foreign cannabis in 88 parcels packed into seven sacks. One suspect and the seizure were handed to the Jaffna police for further legal action.
