SLCG THWARTS SMUGGLING ATTEMPT BY APPREHENDING A SUSPECT WITH A STOCK OF DRIED TURMERIC AND CARDOMOM

Coast Guard personnel attached to Western Region seized a smuggled consignment of dried pieces of Turmeric and Cardamom packed in polythene sacks while loading to a truck near Ging Oya Moya on 02^nd November 2020.

During a joint operation by Sri Lanka Coast Guard and Sri Lanka Navy, a suspect was arrested with a covered truck and approx. 490kg of dried turmeric and 50kg of Cardamom stuffed in 15 polythene sacks near Ging Oya Moya. The preliminary investigation revealed that the seized consignment was smuggled into the island via sea by Fiber Glass Dinghies. The seized consignments of pieces of dried Turmeric and Cardamom handed over to the Sri Lanka Customs Preventive Office, Katunayake for onward legal action.