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Polish national arrested at BIA with cocaine worth Rs.245mn
A 60-year-old Polish national was arrested by the customs narcotic division officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while he was attempting to smuggle Rs.245 million worth of cocaine into the country, Customs Deputy Director (Legal) and media spokesman Sudatta Silva said.
The suspect arrived from Colombia through Doha and landed at 2.20 am last Sunday (14).
"The suspect was unable to locate the luggage that he had brought at that time." Later, he returned to the airport on Sunday evening to pick up the luggage, "the spokesman said.
The customs officers were suspicious about this luggage and took it for inspection. While inspecting, the officers managed to fish out the cocaine weighing 5 kg hidden in several rolls of paper inside a used fax machine.
The customs officers arrested the man from Poland and handed him and the drugs over to the Police Narcotics Division for further investigations. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)
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