COLOMBO, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka Navy has found 53 kg of heroin on a boat they apprehended in the southern seas, the navy said on Friday.
The navy seized the boat and arrested five people on board on Thursday.
The boat and the suspects were escorted to the Galle Fisheries Harbor on Friday morning, where the narcotics were weighed, the navy said.
The Sri Lanka Navy has seized large quantities of narcotics in recent months, the most recent being the seizure of 839 kg of heroin and methamphetamine off the southern coast, earlier this week. ■
