Seized Heroin valued at Rs.360 million [March 07 2014]

The haul of heroin weighing around 36kilograms seized by the Customs Revenue Task Force in Orugodawatta Container Yard last evening has been valued at Rs.360 million, the Customs said.

Customs Revenue Task Force on information recovered two unaccompanied baggages sent from Karachchi to a private address of a Pakistani national staying in a hotel in Colombo. The baggages declared as iron hardware contained the contraband.

Four suspects had been taken into custody in connection with the contraband. The detection has been made with the information received from the National Crime Agency in the UK, Customs Spokesman Director Leslie Gamini said.