The Sri Lankan navy arrested two men in Jaffna for attempting to smuggle gold to India this week.
The men were attempting to smuggle almost 7kg of gold, worth an estimated 34.5 million Sri Lankan rupees, in the Madagal area according to reports.
The smuggling of gold is thought to be closely linked to the drug trade in the Tamil North-East, which has been plagued by drug addiction since the end of the armed conflict almost 7 years ago.
See our earlier posts:
60 kg of cannabis seized by Sri Lankan police in Jaffna (03 Mar 2016)
Five-fold increase in consumption of alcohol in North-East Sri Lanka (14 June 2015)
Genocidal agenda behind increase in drugs in North - TNA MP (10 Jun 2015)
Tamils still face genocidal agendas says TNA MP (07 Jun 2015)
Increased drug problem since Sri Lanka's military arrived in North-East says CV Wigneswaran (08 Jun 2015)
Drugs deliberately introduced to quell desire for liberation of Tamil youth says Wigneswaran (02 Jun 2015)
Unacceptable presence of war criminal soldiers in North-East - CV Wigneswaran (25 May 2015)
Prevalence of drug use raises questions says Wigneswaran (17 May 2015)