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Pakistani nabbed with 5 kg heroin at BIA
View(s):A Pakistani national was arrested with 5 kg of heroin at the Bandaranaike International Airport yesterday morning, on arrival from Doha, Qatar, police said.
The heroin had been packed in two bags and placed in specially made fake bottoms. He had claimed the bags contained fancy items.
The suspect, Roided Khan, was produced before the Negombo Magistrate and placed under arrest on a Detention Order, for a week.
A senior police officer said he was identified as a drug smuggler based in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and operating between Pakistan, Qatar and Sri Lanka.
Investigations revealed he was the supplier to two Maldivian nationals arrested with 1.5 kg in Colombo in April this year.
Police this week detected a total of 2,050 gm of heroin in two separate instances in Wellampitiya and Havelock Town.