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 Sooriyabandara said.
Drugs worth $33m seized in Sri Lanka
The street value of the seized narcotics was estimated by officials to be six billion rupees ($33.5m).
The vessels, as well as a Sri Lankan fishing boat, were escorted to a harbour near the capital Colombo on Thursday.
Sixteen foreign crew and five Sri Lankan crewmen were detained for questioning, Sooriyabandara added. The nationalities of the foreigners were ...