The seized drug was handed over to Customs officials. It has been suspected that the contraband was smuggled from Andhra Pradesh. In June 2015, the coast guard seized 652 kilograms of marijuana near Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu.
The coast guard seized 17.05 Kgs of ganja buried in the sand, off Rameswaram coast, in Tamil Nadu.
Acting on a tip-off, Coast Guard deployed Hovercraft ACV H-190 which undertook combing operation and unearthed ganja wrapped in brown paper and covered in polythene bags buried in the sand near Fourth Island off Rameswaram coast, a coast guard release said.
The seized drug was handed over to Customs officials, it said.
"It is suspected that the contraband was smuggled from Andhra Pradesh and was intended to be ferried to Sri Lanka. A detailed investigation is being undertaken with the assistance of customs, police, and Narcotics Control Bureau," it said.
In June 2015, Coast Guard had seized 652 kilograms of Ganja near Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu, the release said.
