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

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.

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According to sources, seizing narcotics from an inbound passenger via sea route has been made in a while as most of the recent drug detections were centred on airports and especially the country's main Bandaranaike International Airport.

The 33-year-old male who had boarded ‘Sivagangai’ Ferry from Nagapattinam Port in Tamil Nadu had arrived in Kankesanthurai Harbour with his two baggages, Customs Spokesperson Additional Director General Seevali Arukgoda said.