55 Division troops of the Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) on a tip-off conducted a search operation in the Chundikulam Forest Reserve on Sunday (5) evening and recovered a large haul of Kerala Ganja, concealed in parcels.

Those parcels contained nearly 140.8 kg of Kerala Ganja, suspected to have been smuggled from India by drug dealers or peddlers. Army troops kept the STF and Palai Police informed of the detection and handed over those detections to the Police along with a person who behaved suspiciously inside the Forest Reserve.

The search was conducted on the instructions of the General Officer Commanding, 55 Division under the guidance of Major General Dharshana Hettiarrachchi, Commander, Security Forces - Jaffna. |