Drugs Worth $33m Seized In Sri Lanka

Weeks after a Chinese ship was caught smuggling equipment for Pakistan’s Shaheen II Nuclear Missile at India's western coast, now drugs worth $33m has been seized in Sri Lanka. Two foreign trawlers packed with over $33m worth of heroin and crystal methamphetamine were seized in Sri Lanka's biggest-ever drugs bust at sea, a navy spokesman said on Thursday.
Troops found 400kg (about 880 pounds) of heroin and 100kg (about 220 pounds) of the drug "ice" on board the two vessels, spokesman Isuru Soor...

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