Navy seizes 333kg of illegally smuggled spices

The Sri Lanka Navy says a stock of dry ginger and cardamom bark illegally brought into the country was seized in the coastal area of Sinnagunduwa in Battalangunduwa, Kalpitiya on August 23.

The Navy stated that these were seized through a special search operation conducted in the area.

Accordingly, during this search carried out in the relevant coastal area by the Sri Lanka Navy Ship Vijaya of the North Western Naval Command, 13 suspicious sacks found there were inspected, the Navy says.

A stock of 264 kilograms of dry ginger and 69 kilograms of cardamom bark inside those sacks was discovered in this manner.

The Navy took steps to hand over the stock of illegal spices seized through this operation to the Kalpitiya Police Station for further legal proceedings.