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Heroin raid: Lanka police team up with Maldives police
View(s):Cooperation between law enforcement officials of Sri Lanka and the Maldives resulted in the arrest of two Maldivians with more than one kilogram of heroin at a hotel in Bambalapitiya on Friday night.
Police said yesterday that the raid conducted by Police Narcotics Bureau officers was connected to a major operation to bust a heroin smuggling network across Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
The suspects, aged 28 and 30 years, are being questioned over their alleged involvement with the South Asian network.
Police said they had coordinated with the Maldivian police for the operation and obtained vital information regarding the movements of the suspects.