Navy apprehends person while transporting illicit local liquor

During a patrol conducted by the Navy, a person who was transporting illicit local liquor by a vehicle, was apprehended on 09^th July 2020.

In order to avert the illegal activities in making the country with assured security, SL Navy is conducting frequent operations. Accordingly, a group of naval personnel attached to the Northwestern Naval Command searched a suspicious luxurious vehicle during a patrol conducted at Navakkuli area in Puttalam and found 90 bottles (750ml) of local illicit liquor (Moonshine) being transported in the vehicle. The person travelling in the vehicle along with the bottles of local illicit liquor was taken into naval custody.

The apprehended person is a resident of Mampuri area aged 42. The suspect along with the local liquor and the vehicle were handed over to the Norochcholai Police for onward investigation.