A 38-year-old woman from India is under investigation after being detained while trying to attempt smuggle 1.2 kg of Kush into the country.
The suspect arrived in Sri Lanka from Bangkok, Thailand, via Hong Kong round 12 a.m. today, Customs Media Spokesman Seevali Arukgoda said.
The narcotic substances were hidden in food packets inside her luggage. Customs estimates the street value of the seized Kush at approximately Rs. 12 million.
The suspect, along with the seized narcotics, has been handed over to the Police Narcotics Bureau for further investigation.
Police said that they were trying to ascertain whether she was involved with other persons who have been detected smuggling drugs into the country.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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