Tough airport security prompts smugglers to use Indo-Ceylon ferry service for drug trafficking - Agencies

South Indian man boarded 'Sivagangai' Ferry from Nagapattinam Port in Tamil Nadu to Kankesanthurai Harbour, with Rs.41Mn worth Kush seized by Sri Lanka Customs

- KURULU KOOJANA KARIYAKARAWANA

Strict security facilities currently in place at the country's main international airports sponsored by local law enforcement agencies, seemed to have prompted the smugglers to change their modus operandi and resort to trafficking narcotics through Indo-Ceylon ferry service, as officials busted a massive Rs.41.2 million worth Kush case yesterday, the Daily Mirror learns.

An incident was reported from the Kankesanthurai Harbour, when Sri Lanka Customs officials thwarted an attempt by a South Indian traveller to smuggle over four kilos of the Cannabis variety 'Kush' concealed in his baggage.