Three Indian nationals were arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly possessing 50 kg of cannabis. The cannabis that has been confiscated by the authorities is valued at LKR 500 million. As reported by news agency PTI, this is one of the largest narcotics hauls at Colombo International Airport.
The police officials on Tuesday also asserted that the suspects, including two women, arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on a flight operated by SriLankan Airways from Bangkok.
In a major drug haul at Colombo airport, two women suspects who hail from Mumbai, aged between 25 and 27, work as teachers.
Police officials also added, “The three accused who have been nabbed at Colombo airport had attempted to flee through the green channel when they were arrested,” as per PTI.
The narcotics bureau further emphasised that they were carrying 50 kg of Kush cannabis valued at LKR 500 million, making it the largest drug haul ever nabbed at the airport.
Customs seizes 33.4 kg of hydroponic weed from 11 passengers at Mumbai Airport
Earlier in December, officers of the airport commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone–3, seized 33.422 kg of hydroponic weed from 11 passengers arriving from Bangkok over a five-day period.
According to the official press note, the seizures were made between December 11 and December 15, during which customs officers registered eight separate cases at Mumbai’s international airport.
Highlighting the drug seizures, officers said that 16.482 kg of suspected drugs, valued at approximately Rs 16.48 crore in the illicit market, were recovered in four cases from five passengers based on passenger profiling. The accused had arrived from Bangkok on different flights and were arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
In other cases, customs officers, acting on specific intelligence inputs, recovered 16.940 kg of suspected hydroponic weed, valued at around Rs 16.94 crore, from six passengers across four cases.
These passengers had also arrived from Bangkok via various flights and were subsequently arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The officer further added that the investigation in all the cases is still underway.
(With inputs from PTI)
