Sri Lanka, Nov. 12 -- The Police Western Province North Crimes Division arrested eight suspects along with over 300 kilograms of narcotic substances that were being transported by land earlier this morning (12), following a special operation carried out on the Andagalawella Beach in Kirinda.

It is reported that the Director of the Western Province North Crimes Division, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rohan Olugala, had received credible information that a large consignment of drugs was being transported to the Tissamaharama area by sea.

The information was then conveyed to the Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) of the Southern Province, Kithsiri Jayalath.

Accordingly, officers from the the Western Province North...