Customs detect Rs.14mn worth heroin from inside a flight

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Customs officers detected 1.4 kilograms of heroin worth Rs.14 million left in a flight that arrived from Dubai this morning, Customs Media Spokesmen Dharmasena Kahandawa said.

He said the four packets of heroin was found packed inside a baggage left in the flight lavatory.

It was found during the checking done by the flight crew after passengers left the flight.

“The baggage was found inside the flight lavatory and the flight crew informed the customs officers that there is a suspicious baggage,” Mr. Dharmasena said.

The customs suspect the heroin haul was brought by two Pakistani passengers who traveled in the same flight.

During the customs investigation they found the body hair on the back of the parcels as the heroin packets would have been earlier pasted in the body of whoever had brought it.

The flight FZ 555 arrived from Dubai this morning and it is still at the airport and is scheduled to leave after 1.00am.

The heroin packets were handed over to Police Narcotics Bureau for further investigations. (Chaturanga Pradeep)

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Madiya Friday, 31 March 2017 11:07 AM

Where was GOD?

usaguy Friday, 31 March 2017 08:00 PM

question all the passengers who came on this flight via DM Android App

Dot Saturday, 01 April 2017 04:29 AM

We never get pictures of the so call smugglers , the criminals out to make addicts out of our precious youth .this picture does not help anyone ..does not deter the criminal who left the parcel to be collected by someone , maybe someone working at the AIRPORT or some one as a visitor .Naming and shaming would help otherwise people will think its an inside job .

VJ Saturday, 01 April 2017 07:20 PM

This is probably what was reported as economic cooperation between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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