Drug haul from safe house in Hanwella

Eight kg heroin valued at Rs 40 m:

Rasika Somarathna

Police yesterday seized over eight kgs of heroin valued at Rs 40 million from a safe house at Hanwella. According to Police, the safe house is owned by a multi-millionaire businessman, allegedly responsible for distributing heroin mainly in Colombo and suburbs.

Police took into custody a woman suspected of acting as the caretaker of the safe house. Police Narcotics Bureau officers, following lengthy investigations, arrested a key suspect from Mulleriyawa last Wednesday which led to the breakthrough.

At the time of the arrest, the suspect was in possession of 122 grams of heroin and Rs four million hidden inside his vehicle. The raid on the safe house had been conducted on information given by the suspect arrested on Wednesday, the Police said.

The Police are investigating under the direction of its Narcotics division head SP J.P.U.Jayasinghe.