Almost 100 kilograms of cannabis, thought to have been smuggled in from India, was seized by Sri Lankan police in Jaffna this week.
Sri Lanka’s Special task Force arrested two people after the haul was discovered along the Achchuveli-Valalai coast in Jaffna following a tip off.
The prevalence of illegal drugs has risen in the war torn North-East increasingly over the last few months. This week, Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena said the government gains the most amount of tax from intoxicants from the Tamil North-East.
Also see our earlier post:
Drug smuggling in North-East aimed at eradicating Tamil society says Chief Minister (07 May 2016)
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