Sri Lanka Navy personnel have seized 63.5 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and more than 14.5 kilograms of heroin, found concealed in three fertilizer sacks during an operation off the Kalpitiya coast last night (05).
According to the Navy, the narcotics were discovered on a boat that had been abandoned by its crew on the beach at Ippantivu, Kalpitiya.
The seized drugs were later handed over to the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) for further investigations, police confirmed.
It is reported that the owner of the boat, allegedly used to transport the narcotics, is a resident of the Kalpitiya area.
