Sri Lanka Navy said today that it busted a drug smuggling racket across the border between India and Sri Lanka bringing a cannabis consignment into Sri Lanka and arrested four Indians and two Sri Lankans .
Sri Lanka Naval Ship 'Udara', attached to the Northern Naval Command, while on routine patrol has spotted a suspicious Indian dhow moving in the seas north-east of the Katchatheevu Island on Thursday (April 25).
Upon investigation the Sri Lankan Navy personnel had found 4 bags of approximately 100 kilograms of cannabis (Kerala Ganja) hidden inside, the Navy said.
The Navy had arrested the four Indians in the GPS-fitted dhow and upon questioning the Indians have revealed their plan to arrive at a pre-determined location to meet the two Sri Lankans.
The Navy also arrested the two locals who arrived in a fiber glass dinghy to take away the contraband.
The Navy has handed over the arrested persons along with the cannabis and the craft involved to Delft Police for further investigations.
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