Heroin smuggling racket - police hunt foreigner

by L.S. Ananda Wedaarachchi

The police are on the trail of a foreigner who is wanted in connection with the Rs.300 million heroin smuggling racket which was detected at the Colombo Port on Thursday by Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) and the Customs.

A Pakistani, two multi-millionaire Muslim businessman and a wharf clerk have been already taken into custody. “They are being interrogated by the police. An international and local narcotic import-export racket has been busted,” said Police Media Spokesman SSP Preshantha Jayakody.

Fifty kilograms of heroin packed in gunny bags were found among artificial potatoes of varying sizes made of Plaster of Paris. The container had arrived at the Colombo Port from Karachchi, Pakistan.