Heroin valued at over Rs 10 m seized
Sandasen MARASINGHE
Thalaimannar Police took into custody four persons together with
nearly 1.5 kgs of heroin worth over Rs 10 million, on Tuesday. The
Police acting on information arrested a woman in a house in Urumale and
seized 1.350 kgs of heroin hidden in her house. Thereafter, based on
other information a three-wheeler which left her house was checked in
Pesale area and three persons with 57g of heroin were arrested.
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Two held with heroin in
Borella
Borella Police arrested two
suspects with nine grams of heroin in their possession on
Monday evening.
One suspect was arrested
when he attempted to go to the Colombo remand prison with
8.4 grams of heroin. He is a resident of Nungamugoda,
Kelaniya.
A prison guard found the
suspicious powder in the suspect’s possession and informed
the Borella Police who found 8.4 grams of heroin in his
possession. The suspect was to be produced before the
Maligakanda Magistrate yesterday.
The other suspect was
arrested at T-20 Watta in Borella by a police team. He had
0.6 g of heroin in his possession. He was a carrier.
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A Police party was deployed to raid the house in Urumale based on
information that large-scale heroin trade was conducted in that area.
The Police first arrested the suspect and seized the heroin in her
possession. They then set up instant road blocks so that the Pesale
Police arrested the other three suspects who left the house. It is
believed that they were small-scale drug traders.
The three-wheeler too was seized.
The Police said there was information that heroin was smuggled into
the country by sea off Thalaimannar by trawlers and then brought ashore
by small boats. The Police had been alerted about the operation for a
long period before the successful raid.
The Police also said the productions should be heroin of good quality
and should be worth more than Rs 10 million.
The Police also said however the quality would be determined by the
Government Analysts Department. The Police and the STF were continuously
arresting suspects in Colombo and various parts of the country.
The four suspects, heroin and the three-wheeler were to be produced
before the Thalaimannar Magistrate.
The raid was conducted by a group from the Thalaimannar Police led by
HQI IP A L M Jamil under the directions of SP Laksiri Wijesiri and DIG
Maxi Proctor. Police are conducting further investigations.
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