A large haul of 225 packets of narcotics in 09 bags was seized by the Navy in the international waters.
According to the Navy, the drugs weighed about 250 kilograms and six foreign suspects were arrested on board the vessel.
It is reported that the Navy in collaboration with the Police Narcotics Bureau conducted this special operation 900 nautical miles off the coast of Sri Lanka on a tip off received by the Sri Lanka Navy.
Accordingly, the arrested foreign vessel and the six foreign suspects on board are being brought ashore under the protection of a Sri Lanka Navy ship.







































