COLOMBO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan police on Monday seized a truck transporting about 200 kilos of crystal methamphetamine (ICE) and heroin, said a police spokesman.
Police spokesman F.U. Wootler told the media that the vehicle was taken into custody in Tangalle in Sri Lanka's Southern province, with the drugs being hidden among a load of watermelons.
In recent weeks, large quantities of drugs and raw materials used to make drugs have been detected in the province.
In a separate incident in Tangalle on Monday, police recovered more than 10 kilos of a substance suspected to be crystal methamphetamine from a truck parked near a house.
Last week, police announced that they had seized nearly a metric ton of heroin and 13 tons of cannabis during raids carried out so far in 2025. ■