SLN siezes gold and dinghy

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The Northern Naval Command of the Sri Lanka Navy’s ‘Uttara’ intercepted a boat carrying one kg of gold biscuits hidden inside a dingy. Customs media spokesman Leslie Gamini said.

The eight gold biscuits and four gold bars valued at Rs.6,562,907 were to be smuggled out to India from Madagal, Jaffna.

The Rs.350,000 worth dingy, with fifteen HP engine and the gold biscuits were handed over to the Customs officials in Jaffna this evening. (Chaturanga Pradeep)

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