Cleaning staff member arrested with stock of gold at BIA

News

An employee of a private cleaning firm was detained by officials of Customs Narcotics Control Division at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) when she attempted to remove a stock of jewelry and gold in gel form worth over five million.

The arrested has been identified as a 55-year-old resident of the Miridiyalanda area of Veyangoda.

The suspect admitted to Sri Lanka Customs that she received the package containing the gold stock from an unknown woman inside of a duty-free mall restroom at the BIA requesting her to hand over the package to a person outside the airport grounds with the promise of Rs. 60,000 payment.

A Spokesman of Sri Lanka Customs' Narcotics Control Unit said that 1.4 kg of gold jewelry and 1.35 kg of pure gold in gel form were among the gold items found in the looted stockpile.

Further investigations into the incident are currently by the Sri Lanka Customs authorities.

Pix by: T.K.G. Kapila

Comments

Still No Comments Posted.

Leave Comments

Most Reviews

April 26, 2024

- 197 - 0

Treasury recommends to cancel liquor license of distributors who have not paid tax

May 2, 2024

- 149 - 0

Move to outsource on-arrival visas at BIA led to controversy

April 24, 2024

- 147 - 0

Five MoUs to be signed during Iranian President’s visit to Sri Lanka today

April 25, 2024

- 141 - 0

Gang who posed off as CID arrested

Police made an early breakthrough into an incident of a gang claiming to be CID officials and robbing bronze Buddhist statues and cash from a residence in Pallama, Puttalam and abducting the householder, Police said.

May 1, 2024

- 133 - 0

Political parties use May Day rallies as launching pad for election campaigns

April 25, 2024

- 129 - 0