The Navy and the police apprehended four persons with 10 kgs of Kerala cannabis at two locations. Two suspects transferring nine kgs of Kerala cannabis in a vehicle were nabbed and both produced to Kandana Police for further action.
Another two with one kg of kerala cannabis were arrested by the naval personnel attached to SLNS Thambapanni in Puttalam in the Northwestern Naval Command along with Puttalam police during a joint search in Eluwankulam.
The suspects and cannabis were handed over to the Puttalam police for investigations.