Sri Lankan Navy personnel today foiled an alleged bid to smuggle ganja onboard a boat from Tamil Nadu and seized the contraband worth Rs 30 lakh dumped in sea near Neduntheevu in the island nation.
The ganja was allegedly brought onboard the vessel to be handed over to occupants of a boat from Sri Lanka, police here quoting information received by them said.
As the Lankan Navy personnel, on suspicion, rushed to the two boats anchored close to each other, the occupants of the boat from Tamil Nadu dropped the ganja bundles into the sea.
Both the boats then sped away the from the scene, they said.
Later, the Lankan officials seized the ganja bundles numbering 25 and handed them over to the Kangesanthurai naval camp.
They informed the Indian Coast Guard about the smuggling bid, police said.
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