Customs staff attached to the Airmail Parcel Section of General Post Office Colombo yesterday (17) detected 1.4 kilograms of Hashish valued at Rs. 1.4 million conceald in a skateboard.
The parcel containing the skateboard has been sent to a Freelance Journalist in Nugegida from Spain.
Customs officials said further inquiries are being held into the case. The person concerned has admitted that this is his second attempt in smuggling Hashish using skateboards, they further said.
Pix Courtesy Sri Lanka Customs
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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