Large cocaine slabs detected first time at BIA with Canadian Caucasian male

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Colombo, July 25 (Daily Mirror) - An attempt to smuggle large one kilo cocaine slabs was thwarted for the first time in Bandaranaike International Airport history, when Sri Lanka Customs seized a Canadian man carrying bulk of Cocaine and Hashish worth around Rs.395 million this morning.

Customs Narcotic Control Unit Officials stationed at the BIA Arrival Terminal on suspicion searched a Caucasian male passenger who had arrived in the country around 2.05am and found Hashish weighing 12Kg 196grams and five Cocaine slabs weighing 5Kg 310grams from his checked baggage.

The seized Cocaine has been valued at Rs.212 million and the large stock of Hashish has been valued at Rs.183 million, thus the smuggled drugs bore a total street value of Rs.395 million.

The passenger who had commenced his journey from Montreal had flown to Doha and had taken Qatar Airways flight QR 662, which had arrived in Katunayake around 2.05am.

Following the preliminary Customs investigations the foreigner along with the contraband was to be handed over to the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) officials at the BIA for further legal proceedings.

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Comments - 5

Rip Winkle Friday, 25 July 2025 01:18 PM

There was a time when individuals from third world countries would smuggle illegal drugs into developed nations ...

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Gon Chapo Friday, 25 July 2025 04:49 PM

The President will eventually pardon him and the others because he will titled the great benevolent President of all time and in the end we will become the Columbia of South Asia. Good man.!!!

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Lkf Friday, 25 July 2025 05:01 PM

A tourist with or without visa. This has turned out be a chain of events.

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M Fernando Friday, 25 July 2025 05:39 PM

Very bad for the tourist industry. Should be released immediately without charge.

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ANNE CUNT Friday, 25 July 2025 06:30 PM

where did he buy the drugs, is he going to sell the drugs in Sri-Lanka or transit

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