• The Kerala cannabis was stuffed in six gunny sacks
• Suspects identified as residents of Walalai in Kankesanthurai

Three suspects were arrested with 216 kg and 750 g of Kerala cannabis, which has a street value of over Rs. 65 million by the Navy during a special operation conducted in seas North of Kankesanthurai in Jaffna. The Navy said that the Inshore Patrol Craft P 177 of the Northern Naval Command made this interception in Northern waters, after spotting a suspicious dinghy speeding off towards land. 

During a further search of the dinghy, the Navy managed to seize Kerala cannabis in packages stuffed in six gunny sacks, 19 kg of dried turmeric along with the dinghy they used for this illegal act. 

It is suspected that the smugglers might have retrieved the stock of Kerala cannabis to the dinghy at the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) to smuggle them into the island. 

The suspects held in this operation were identified as residents of Walalai in Kankesanthurai, from 22 to 34 years of age. The accused together with the stock of Kerala cannabis, dried turmeric and the dinghy were handed over to the Kankesanthurai Police for onward legal action.