The Sri Lanka Navy has made a significant contribution to the realization of the government’s efforts to save the future generation of the nation from the menace of drugs. The Navy has been able to seize drugs worth over Rs. 15.86 billion street value in 2021.
The Navy stepped up operations in coastal waters and also in international waters in collaboration with other agencies to thwart all forms of illegal activities including the smuggling of drugs.
In anti-drug operations carried out on 74 occasions, both in island waters and in exhausting operations on high seas, the Navy has seized over 1,268kg of heroin with 119 foreign and 22 local suspects.
Similarly, on 151 other occasions the Navy was able to nab 186 local and 07 foreign suspects with over 7,095kg of Kerala cannabis during2021.
Further, 98 suspects were held with more than 158kg of Crystal Methamphetamine (ICE) in 73 operations conducted by the Navy. Besides, the Navy collared 27 other suspects with over 69kg of local cannabis in 16 operations and 09 more local suspects with over 88kg of Hashish during eight other operations mounted in the past year.
The Navy is determined to extend these anti-drug operations in 2022, in a bid to make the government’s efforts a success, to save the future generation of the country from the menace of drugs, it said in a press release.
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