Naval personnel arrest 02 persons illegally transporting 3,033 conch shells
 

Naval personnel attached to the North Central Naval Command and the Special Boat Squadron on information received, arrested 02 persons at Oluthuduwai in Mannar last night (03 November 2017) for transporting conch shells illegally.

The seized conch shells, numbering 3,033, were being transported by a mini DIMO Batta truck at the time of the arrest. It is suspected that the contraband, weighing 680.760 kilograms, was being transferred to be smuggled to India by sea. The arrested persons along with the seized conch shells and the mini-truck were handed over to the Jaffna Customs Office for legal action.