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Navy seizes five dinghies with illegally mined sand and illicit liquor
The Sri Lanka Navy, in an operation on Tuesday (13 Jan), seized five dinghies loaded with illegally mined sand along
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Five dinghies carrying illegally mined sand were taken into custody near the Upparu Bridge of the Mahaweli River this evening (13). The Sri Lanka Navy reports that the seizure occurred during a special search operation conducted in the Upparu area of Trincomalee. The Eastern Naval Command carried out the operation, inspecting five suspicious vessels discovered near the bridge.
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People
- Upparu
Organisations
- Eastern Naval Command2
- Sri Lanka Navy2
- Navy2
- Kinniya Police Station
- Kinniya Police
- SLNS Gokanna
Places
- Mahaweli River2
- Upparu Bridge2
- Sri Lanka Navy
Keywords
- dinghies2
- seizes2
- mined2
- five2
- sand2
- illegally
- illicit
- liquor
- loaded
- with
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