News:2025-01-20/Trafficking/108-kg-460-grams-of-kerala-ganja-taken-into-police-custody-in-pallikuda-area

News record20 January 2025Trafficking

108 kg 460 grams of Kerala Ganja taken into police custody in Pallikuda area

Officers of the Jaffna Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau arrested four suspects with 108.46 kg of Kerala Ganja in the Pallikuda area. Two suspects arriving by boat at Mandativu coast were intercepted at 9:10 am; information extracted from them led to a raid on a stash house in Pallikuda where the cannabis was seized. The four suspects were residents of Pooneryn, Mannar, Jaffna, and Mallavi, aged 35–41.

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Date20 Jan 2025

CategoryTrafficking

CountrySri Lanka

State / provinceNorthern Province

District / areaJaffna District

LocalityPallikuda

AgencyJaffna Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau

Coordinates9.72, 79.98

Coordinates are approximate.

Source report

2025-01-20 Trafficking 108 kg 460 grams of Kerala Ganja taken into police custody in Pallikuda area Officers of the Jaffna Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau arrested four suspects with 108.46 kg of Kerala Ganja in the Pallikuda area. Two suspects arriving by boat at Mandativu coast were intercepted at 9:10 am; information extracted from them led to a raid on a stash house in Pallikuda where the cannabis was seized. The four suspects were residents of Pooneryn, Mannar, Jaffna, and Mallavi, aged 35–41. https://www.police.lk/?p=55641 Sri Lanka Northern Province Jaffna District Pallikuda 9° 43' 12.00" N, 79° 58' 48.00" E Jaffna Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau