Pakistani national arrested with heroin at BIA

A 57-year-old Pakistani national, who was attempting to smuggle heroin into the country, was arrested by the Police Narcotic Bureau at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake today.

The suspect who arrived from Doha, Qatar this morning had swallowed the heroin pills.

He was admitted to the Negombo Hospital and the officials had recovered 42 pills of heroin as of this afternoon.(T.K.G. Kapila)