India and Sri Lanka today exchanged notes over the "growing" menace of drugs and smuggling instances during the first-ever talks between the top anti-narcotics agencies of both the countries.
The two-day talks were held between the Indian Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) of Sri Lanka.
"Both sides shared the concern over growing menace of narcotic drugs and latest trends in narcotics smuggling in Indo-Sri Lankan sector. The two sides also agreed to continue sharing of actionable intelligence and adopt a coordinated strategy to prevent drug trafficking between both the countries," the Home Ministry said in a statement.
The statement said the two sides discussed the present scenario of drug trafficking and agreed to improve sharing of intelligence, assistance in probe and prosecutions and targeting drug trafficking between the two countries.
The NCB delegation was led by Deputy Director General (West) Vijay Kumar while the Sri Lankan team was headed by senior DIG (Northern Province) Pujith Jayasundara.
