A group of naval personnel, during a search carried out in Nadukuda , Mannar on 29th June 2019 had found 988.4kg of beedi leaves. A group of naval personnel attached to the North Central Naval Command, during a search carried out in Nadukuda beach area, Mannar had found this abandoned haul of beedi leaves that were in 20 packages. The stock will be handed over to the Jaffna Customs for onward investigation.
Meanwhile, the Navy also managed to find another 126.5kg of beedi leaves hidden in a nearby thicket in the same region yesterday morning. As such, naval troops attached to the North Central Naval Command had seized over 4,500kg of beedi leaves during raids and search conducted in Mannar region over the past few d
The Government official news portal is maintains by the New Media Unit of the Department of Government Information and it was titled "news.lk" and commenced in mid1996 and release to Internet from March 01st, 1997.
News.lk publishes in three languages – Sinhala, Tamil and English.
+94 11 366 3040
