Illegal drugs worth over Rs.60 million seized at Central Mail Exchange

Daily Mirror and Ada Derana report that Customs officers seized an airmail consignment of illegal drugs at Colombo’s Central Mail Exchange. Newswire says Sri Lanka Customs found narcotics valued at more than Rs. 60.2 million concealed in nine foreign postal parcels. The reports do not provide further details about the contents or identify a sender.

Ada Derana, Newsfirst (සිංහල), Lankadeepa, Hiru News (தமிழ்) and Ada Derana (தமிழ்) report a separate seizure at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake involving an Indian national. Ada Derana says the reported seizure included more than five kilograms of cocaine and 23,000 ecstasy pills; Newsfirst (සිංහල) gives a cocaine weight of 5 kilograms and 121 grams. Ada Derana (தமிழ்) and Newsfirst (සිංහල) put the drugs’ value at about Rs. 454 million, while Lankadeepa and Hiru News (தமிழ்) describe the value as around Rs. 455 million.

Newsfirst reports another Customs seizure at a warehouse in Peliyagoda involving cannabis and hashish brought from Thailand. Newsfirst says the drugs were found during an inspection of suspicious goods imported as a gift and made to resemble parts of a table; its reports give different values, Rs. 24 million in the Sinhala-language account and Rs. 157 million in the English-language account.

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