Navy arrests 9 on board an unflagged vessel

Nine persons, who were on board a suspicious vessel in seas off the South of Galle, have been taken into the custody of the Sri Lanka Navy.

The Navy seized a trawler yesterday that was suspected to be transporting a stock of narcotics.The Navy said the nine persons on board the un-flagged vessel were not of Sri Lanka origin.

Navy Media Spokesman Lieutenant Commander Isuru Sooriyabandara speaking to NewsRadio said around 60 kilograms of narcotics were seized from the vessel.

The Navy believes that four members of a vessel seized on Wednesday and the foreign vessel sized yesterday could be connected.