Setback to smuggling operations; three politicos in a quandary

3 December 2014 04:29 pm - 0 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

A A A

There was a high official whose main job was to keep a watchful eye on attempts to smuggle heroin and ethanol into the country.

He did seize hauls of heroin and ethanol in a series of successful detections which received much media publicity. And government politicians started crowing that the government was well on the way

to eliminate the smuggler rings in the country for good. Both the official and the government in general won bouquets for this good effort for a brief time.

However, heroin and ethanol shipments continued to pour into the country and drug trafficking and the manufacture of illicit liquor continued unabated. Only a very few people knew the reason for this paradoxical situation; massive hauls of heroin and ethanol were reaching the underworld undetected, because the particular high official had been well paid to turn a blind eye to these operations carried out by three ring leaders -- all politicians. The official who became a multi-billionaire overnight enjoyed such patronage from powerful politicians, even the head of his department feared to challenge his dubious conduct, they say.
Alas! The official had to go on retirement recently. His successor is said to be an honest man who is not prepared to sell his soul. The three kingpins now in a quandary are said to be scheming to replace the new official with a puppet of their choice.

The names of the three kingpins are now an open secret, they say. One hails from Matale, another from Kurunegala and the third one from a town north of Negombo.

Order Gifts and Flowers to Sri Lanka. See Kapruka's top selling online shopping categories such as Toys, Grocery, Kids Toys, Birthday Cakes, Fruits, Chocolates, Clothing and Electronics. Also see Kapruka's unique online services such as Money Remittence,Astrology, Courier/Delivery, Medicine Delivery and over 700 top brands. Also get products from Amazon & Ebay via Kapruka Gloabal Shop into Sri Lanka

Comments - 0

Add comment
Comments will be edited (grammar, spelling and slang) and authorized at the discretion of Daily Mirror online. The website also has the right not to publish selected comments.

Setback to smuggling operations; three politicos in a quandary

Comments - 0

Add comment

RECOMMENDED

UDA owned land in Thalawathugoda; UDA Minister Prasanna Ranatunga under the spotlight for forceful occupation of reserved land

Loss-making SMIB faces political pressure in recovering loans

Baltimore Bridge Collapse: MV Dali, SL authorities anchored in mystery?

Has Sri Lanka become a potential hub for the illegal wildlife trade?

Spotlight on Moragahakanda Development Project Moragolla villagers lose livelihoods and down to one meal a day

Ambitious Sri Lankan jobseekers ‘trafficked into Ukraine war zones’

Western purple-faced langurs see blue!

Most Viewed in News

Belgian traveller scammed in Kalutara

23 year old youth ends up having his testicles removed

Complaint lodged over Piumi Hansamali's possession of Gota’s Range Rover

SL on alert on possible genocide allegations by Canada

A US “Kaputa”, a Lankan “Nariya” and a Presidential “Feast”

Confusion remains if April 15 is a bank holiday

MIRROR CRICKET

TODAY'S HEADLINES