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Last Updated : 2024-05-04 09:30:00
Colombo, April 20 (Daily Mirror) - Two female passengers of the Republic of Guinea who tried to enter Sri Lanka by carrying Rs. 20 million worth of swallowed cocaine in their abdomens were intercepted by the Customs this morning.
Officials of the Customs Narcotic Control Unit stationed at the Arrival Terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport questioned the foreigners on suspicion to realize that they had swallowed capsules containing cocaine.
Customs Spokesman, Senior Director Seevali Arukgoda told the Daily Mirror that the authorities have managed to retrieve 29 and 11 capsules containing 500 grams of cocaine altogether from the two women.
The foreigners aged 42 and 40 years have reportedly left Sierra Leone in Africa and had arrived in Colombo via Istanbul, Turkey on Turkish Airlines flight TK 730.
A gram of cocaine presently has a street value of Rs.40,000 in Sri Lanka and the seized 500 grams are estimated to value over Rs. 20 million.
The Customs sleuths suspect the female passengers to have more drug-containing capsules in their bodies in addition to the lot already retrieved by this afternoon.
Deputy Director Customs Narcotic Control Unit, Nuwan Abeynayake and his team are conducting further investigations.
The arrested suspects will be handed over to the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) officials at the BIA for further inquiries.
This is the third reported cocaine detection by the Sri Lanka Customs at the BIA for this year, after a female Madagascar national and a Brazilian national were nabbed last week and end of March respectively.
LANKAN LOVER Saturday, 20 April 2024 04:02 PM
what these drug traffickers thinks about Sri Lanka? So underestimated our Narcotics department? a thorough investigations on this is required To whom were these drugs to be handed over?
BEGGERS BELIEF, THE NERVE OF THEM TO COME INTO OUR COUNTRY AND DELIVER AND OR PEDDLE THESE DRUGS. Saturday, 20 April 2024 04:27 PM
AUTHORITIES?? THOUGHT PERSONS LIKE THIS ARE SENT UNDER GUARD TO A HOSPITAL FOR XRAYS AND THE LIKES AND RETRIVED IN HOSPITAL UNSER GUARD, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. THAT MANY CAPSULES AND THESE IDIOTS SWOLLOW THEM AT GREAT RISK TO THEIR LIVES. GIVE THEM A FINE TO EQUATE THE STREET VALUE OF THE DRUGS AND PUT THEM BEHIND BARS UNTIL THEY PAY THEIR FINES AND DEPORT THEM WITH A BAR ON EVER RETURNING INTO THE COUNTRY. IF THEY CANNOT PAY THE FINE, KEEP THEM TO ROT IN JAIL.
Moh Sleiman Monday, 22 April 2024 04:22 AM
OH MAN,Do you guys think these women came to SRI LANKA with drugs without any help from the BIG GUYS? must be joking.Now where do you guys think these confiscated drugs will go?
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