Nine foreign nationals held for smuggling 200kg of heroin!!

Nine foreign nationals aboard a foreign multiday fishing trawler were taken into the custody by the Sri Lanka Navy in international waters south off Sri Lanka while they were dumping around 200 kg of heroin into the sea.

 The drug-carrying foreign vessel was intercepted during a special operation carried out by Sri Lanka Navy in collaboration with Sri Lanka Police and intelligence agencies.

The Navy said the trawler, remaining in high sea attempting to transfer the consignment of the contraband to a local fishing vessel. The crew then had lowered the cargo of heroin into sea when it was approached by the Navy.

During further search of the vessel, the Navy managed to recover about 250g of heroin and a satellite phone and took nine suspects into custody.

The apprehended suspects along with the foreign vessel were brought to the port of Colombo for further investigations today.

Navy said though they searched for jettisoned sacks of drugs, there were no clue due to turbulent weather conditions.

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