Brazilian arrested with cocaine pills at BIA

1 July 2018 10:20 am

A Brazilian national was arrested by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday with cocaine pills worth Rs 14 million, Police said.

They said the 30-year-old suspect, arrived from Doha, Qatar had hidden 66 cocaine pills by swallowing them.

He was to produced in the Negombo Magistrate’s Court.(T.K.G. Kapila)