Brazilian smugglers: 163 cocaine pills worth Rs.48mn recovered

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As of today, 163 cocaine pills worth Rs.48.5 million were recovered from the two Brazilians after they were arrested by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) during the weekend.

PNB Director SSP TCA Danapala said the pills contained 1.950 kg of cocaine.

One of the Brazilians identified as 30-year-old Pereira do Nascimento had arrived on Saturday while the other identified as 24-year-old Dos Fantof Machadldo had arrived on Sunday.

They had both arrived from Doha, Qatar and were admitted to the Negombo Hospital to extract the cocaine they had swallowed.

The narcotics bureau officers recovered 91 cocaine pills from one and 72 cocaine pills from the other. (Darshana Sanjeewa & T.K.G.Kapila)

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