6.5 kg heroin seized near Indo-Pak border in Fazilka; BSF–Punjab Police foil smuggling bid
Alert BSF troops fired several rounds to prevent the breach, followed by a thorough joint search operation that led to the recovery, he added.
The Sri Lankan police on Friday seized heroin worth over $195,000 hidden in an abandoned garage in the country’s Kurundugahahetekma area, in close proximity to the southern highway.
The heroin weighed 3.6 kg and was discovered during a search operation launched by the Police Narcotics Bureau, Xinhua news agency reported.
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No arrests were made but the police were conducting further investigations.
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Under the directives of President Maithripala Sirisena, Sri Lankan authorities have launched a massive crackdown on drugs with several drug lords arrested since January.
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