Sri Lanka Navy has confirmed that more than 225 kilograms of heroin were found in the multi-day fishing trawler impounded on the high seas off the island.
On Monday (Oct. 23), it was reported that naval personnel had intercepted a multi-day fishing trawler carrying a large stock of narcotics.
The interception resulted from a special operation that the navy had mounted on receipt of information from the State Information Service (SIS).
The apprehended trawler and the five individuals aboard were brought ashore to the Port of Colombo for onward action.
The latest detection came just a day after the navy had intercepted a local multi-day fishing trawler with over 212kg of heroin and ‘Ice’ (crystal methamphetamine) valued at over Rs. 4,000 million, in the high seas west of Galle.
After being escorted to the Dondra fisheries harbour, a thorough search had led to the recovery of 160 packages of heroin, weighing about 180kg and 800g as well as 28 parcels of crystal methamphetamine, weighing around 31kg and 550g contained in 12 sacks on Sunday (Oct. 22).