Two Tamil youths were arrested in two separate police searches in Vavuniya on Tuesday.
Both from Pottuvil, Amparai, one of the young men was arrested at Omanthai as police searched a Jaffna-Trincomalee bus at around 2am.
The other was arrested during the search of a Jaffna-Pottuvil bus at Vavuniya bus station.
Vavuniya police claim a combined total of 8kg of cannabis (Kerala ganja) was seized from the youths.
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