Nine (09) foreign drug traffickers arrested during combined mission of Navy and Police

Based on information received to the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), a group of Navy and PNB officials arrested 09 foreign drug traffickers aboard a suspicious vessel, during a combined search operation conducted in southern seas today (24^th March).

Four (04) containers which are believed to have been used to store drugs were also found from the vessel. The arrested suspects were handed over to the PNB for onward investigation, after bringing them to the Colombo harbour.