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Five suspects who were arrested with 95kg of heroin to be detained till Jan 29
Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court has granted permission for the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) to detain and question the five suspects arrested with over 95kg of heroin in Kollupitiya.
Accordingly, the PNB will detain the suspects until January 29 for further questioning.
The detention order was issued when the suspects were produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate today (23).
The heroin was seized in a special joint operation carried out by the PNB and the Special Task Force (STF) officers in Kollupitiya last morning ( Jan 22).
The officers had first apprehended an American national at the entrance of a supermarket in Kollupitiya along with 1kg 62g of heroin and two Sri Lankans, who had arrived at the location to pickup the heroin.
The police have also seized a luxury car in which the two Sri Lankans had arrived in.
While searching the American national, the police had uncovered the key mentioning the name of a luxury apartment building in the area.
Accordingly, a raid was conducted in the apartment building and the police seized the rest of the haul hidden inside an apartment on the first floor of the building.
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