Over 9 kgs of heroin found floating in the sea

Coast Guard personnel attached to the Northern Naval Command yesterday recovered a consignment of heroin weighing over 9 kilograms floating in the sea off Kankasanthurai.

Navy sources said that Coast Guard personnel on routine patrol on board of Coast Guard vessel seized the parcel and brought to the Kankasanthurai harbor for further investigation. “Subsequent investigations conducted into the incident in coordination with Kankasanthurai Police revealed that the consignment was heroin. This stock with a street value of Rs.90 million was to be handed over to KKS Police for further investigations,” Navy sources said.