A special Navy foot patrol seized about 490 kg of Kendu leaves in Kondachchikuda beach area, Silawathura on June 16. Kendu leaves are being used for tobacco products.
The Navy has been conducting regular operations to prevent illegal activities stemming via sea routes. During a special foot patrol conducted by SLNS Therapuththa at Kondachchikuda beach on June 16, Naval personnel who searched a suspicious dinghy on the beach seized the smuggled stock of Kendu Leaves in 16 sacks.
The Navy also arrested two suspects and seized the dinghy used to transport the racket. The two suspects are residents of Pesalai, Mannar, aged 29 and 42.
The accused with the stock of Kendu Leaves and the dinghy were handed over to the Customs Preventive Office, Katunayake for further legal action.
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