කෝටි 45ක මත් පෙති කටුනායකින් මාට්ටු
Photo: Ada DeranaAI summary · 1 min read
1 min readFrom 7 outlets- Newswire and Sri Lanka Mirror report that Customs detained the passenger at Bandaranaike International Airport on October 28.
- Newswire and Sri Lanka Mirror report that officers found 5,121 grams of cocaine and 13,173 grams of ecstasy, estimated at nearly 23,000 tablets.
- Sri Lanka Mirror reports that Customs described the ecstasy seizure as the largest of its kind in Sri Lanka to date.
- Newswire and Sri Lanka Mirror report that the case is to be referred to the Police Narcotics Bureau for further inquiries and legal action.
Newswire and Sri Lanka Mirror report that Sri Lankan Customs officers detained a 46-year-old Indian national at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake on October 28. Sri Lanka Mirror identifies him as an engineer; Newswire says he was taken into Customs custody by officers of the Customs Narcotics Control Unit.
Newswire and Sri Lanka Mirror report that he arrived from Paris via Doha on Qatar Airways flight QR 654. The outlets say officers examined his luggage after detecting suspicious substances, then identified the contents as cocaine and ecstasy.
Newswire and Sri Lanka Mirror report that the luggage contained 5,121 grams of cocaine, valued at about Rs. 256 million, and 13,173 grams of ecstasy, equivalent to nearly 23,000 tablets and valued at about Rs. 198 million. They put the combined estimated value at Rs. 454 million. Sri Lanka Mirror reports that Customs called the ecstasy seizure the largest of its kind in Sri Lanka so far.
Newswire and Sri Lanka Mirror report that Customs has begun preliminary inquiries and expects to hand the passenger, the drugs and other relevant items to the Police Narcotics Bureau for further investigation and legal action.
Your take
Be the first to reactDiscussion
Readers' views on this storyStory alerts
Get an email when an outlet reports something new on this story.
Compare the headlines
The same event, in each outlet’s own words. The order changes daily.
NewswireEN
Indian national arrested with Rs. 454 Mn worth of cocaine and Ecstasy at BIASri Lanka MirrorEN
Indian national arrested at BIA with drugsTamilmirrorTA
போதைப்பொருட்களுடன் இந்திய பொறியியலாளர் கைதுLankadeepaSI
කෝටි 45ක මත් පෙති කටුනායකින් මාට්ටු
Earlier coverage
Reports on the same subject from the months before this story.
- Lankadeepa · කෝටි පහක හෂීෂ් ගුවන්තොටෙන් අල්ලයි
- Ada Derana · Two passengers including woman arrested with foreign cigarettes consignment at BIA
- Sri Lanka Mirror · Myanmar national nabbed at BIA with Kush
- Hiru News (தமிழ்) · வானூர்தி நிலையத்தில் பல இலட்சம் ரூபா பெறுமதியான சிகரெட்டுகளுடன் வெளிநாட்டுப் பிரஜைகள் கைது!
- Ada Derana · Indian national arrested with over 5kg of ‘Kush’ at BIA