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|date=2022-09-13
|category=Trafficking
|title=Kerala Ganja worth Rs. 130 million seized — Indian dhow intercepted off Kudiramalai Point
|summary=The Sri Lanka Coast Guard vessel SLCGS Suraksha, in a coordinated operation with the Navy, intercepted an Indian dhow carrying 434 kg (wet weight) of Kerala cannabis in 9 sacks in Sri Lankan waters west of Kudiramalai Point, Puttalam. Five Indian suspects aboard the dhow were apprehended. A Sri Lankan one-day fishing trawler with five Sri Lankan nationals was also seized on suspicion it had reached the area to receive and bring the consignment ashore — a mid-sea transfer caught in progress. The street value of the seizure was estimated at over Rs. 130 million. All suspects and contraband were handed to Kalpitiya Police.
|source=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2022/09/14/kerala-ganja-worth-rs-130-mn-sezied/
|country=Sri Lanka
|admin1=North Western Province
|admin2=Puttalam District
|locality=Kudiramalai Point
|coordinates=8.18, 79.72
|agency=Sri Lanka Coast Guard; Sri Lanka Navy
}}