Sri Lanka Navy personnel in coordination with Sri Lanka Police arrested 6 persons with 3.5 kg of Kerala Ganja at two separate locations.
On receipt of intelligence information yesterday (13), four suspects who were transferring 2.5 kg of Cannabis by a three wheeler in Peliyagoda area were arrested by the naval personnel attached to SLNS Kelani in the Western Naval Command with the assistance of Peliyagoda Police.
The suspects and cannabis were handed over to Peliyagoda Police for onward investigations, SLN media unit said.
Meanwhile, Coast Guard personnel attached to Sri Lanka Coast Guard Waruna in Wellawatta and officials of the Narcotic Special Unit, during a search, arrested another 2 persons who were transferring 1 kg of Kerala Cannabis.
The suspects had used a motorcycle for the transportation of cannabis in Peliyagoda area. The two persons along with cannabis were produced before the Narcotics Bureau, Colombo for further investigations.
