Sri Lanka, Dec. 25 -- The Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) has taken steps to obtain seven-day detention orders for the suspects arrested in connection with a stock of narcotics discovered on a multi-day fishing vessel by a group of Sri Lanka Navy officers off the southern coast.

Police stated that the detention orders were obtained after producing the suspects before the Hulftsdorp Magistrate's Court.

On December 20, the Navy detected narcotics aboard a fishing vessel during an inspection carried out off the southern coast.

Accordingly, the fishing vessel and the five suspects on board were brought to the Dikkowita Harbour yesterday (24). Subsequent searches at the harbour led to the discovery of 21 kilograms of heroin and 172 kilograms ...