INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A stock of Kendu (ebony) leaves weighing nearly 2,500 kilograms were seized in the lagoon area of Chilaw this morning (18 Jan.), while three
suspects were also apprehended by the Sri Lanka Navy.The consignment, weighing 2,468 kgs and 640 grams, was equipped in 76 sacks and crammed
aboard three dinghies, Sri Lanka Navy reported.Accordingly, based upon info got, a joint operation was performed by the intelligence
personnel of the Coast Guard Station in Chilaw, intelligence staff of the Western Naval Command and naval workers attached to the Coast
Guard Station in Chilaw.The three rowboats were then browsed at the Thoduwawa Bridge, Chilaw, resulting in seizure of the stock of Kendu
leaves, and the arrest of three persons.The suspects have been recognized as locals of Pitipana, Negombo, aged between 29 and 42, and have
been turned over to the Excise Department Office in Madampe for onward legal action
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