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LTTE drugrunner arrested
[9 February 2000]

     A Tamil youth suspected to have been funding the LTTE by drug trafficking was arrested yesterday morning at military check point in Maradana along with seven lakhs worth of heroin identified as "brown sugar".

     Police investigations have revealed him to be an LTTE leader, normally resident in Jaffna.

     Investigations have revealed that the suspect had stayed at two lodges in Pettah over the past two years, and conducted frequent transactions funelling funds from the drugs trade to the LTTE in Wanni.

     The LTTE had provided the suspect with living expenses.
     Interrogations have revealed that the suspect was on his way to sell the drugs to a Pettah businessman at the time of his arrest by the army and police team.

     Police are now conducting investigations in order to arrest another three alleged associates of the suspect.

 

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