Sri Lanka, May 29 -- The Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court today granted permission to the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) to detain and interrogate 11 more suspects arrested while allegedly transporting approximately 778 kilograms of heroin and Crystal methamphetamine (ICE) by boat off the southern coast of Sri Lanka.

The order was issued by Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali following a request by the PNB, citing the need for further investigations.

The suspects have been identified as Peduru Hewage Prasanna, Dinesh Sanjeewa, Pradeep Nishantha, Sudesh, Ajith Priyantha, Don Nilan Sampath, Ruwan Nishantha, Sunil Shantha, Nalin Priyantha, and Hendige Wasantha.

The arrests were made when two multi-day fishing trawlers suspected of tr...