24-year-old arrested at BIA with hashish worth over 4 kilos

Sri Lankan with Rs. 47.7 Mn worth ‘Hashish’ held at BIA

Officers from the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) at Katunayake Airport arrested a Sri Lankan passenger early yesterday morning (10) while he was attempting to smuggle a stock of ‘Hashish’ worth Rs. 47.7 million into the country. The suspect is a 24-year-old male resident of Grandpass, Colombo, who is employed as a sales assistant. The suspect […]

24-year-old arrested at BIA with hashish worth over 4 kilos

A 24-year-old Grandpass resident has been arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) with hashish worth around Rs. 47.7 million. The suspect was arrested by officers of the Airport Unit of the Police Narcotics Bureau early today (May 10) while he was attempting to take the drug stock out of the airport. Police said the suspect had arrived at BIA in Katunayake at around 12:30 AM on a Thai Airways flight from Bangkok, Thailand. The stock…

Sri Lankan passenger arrested at BIA with hashish worth nearly Rs. 47.8 million

A Sri Lankan passenger who allegedly attempted to smuggle a stock of hashish into the country was arrested by officers of the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake early today (10). The suspect, a 24-year-old resident of Grandpass, Colombo, had arrived at the airport at around 12.30 a.m. on a Thai Airways flight from Bangkok, Thailand. During an inspection of his luggage, officers discovered 15 c…