Sri Lanka Police has seized a stock of ambergris (fossilized resin of a whale) that was being prepared to be sold for Rs. 05 million in the Divulapitiya Police Division.
According to the Police, the stock of ambergris was seized during a raid conducted by officers of the Divulapitiya Police Station in the Bomugammana area on the Divulapitiya-Negombo road yesterday.
The Police arrested a suspect with 1.2 kilos of ambergris, which is a secretion produced by sperm whales.
The suspect is a 44-year-old resident of Wathurugama in Kirindiwela. (Newswire/ Image- file pic)