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Investigations
in to the arrest of a 19-year-old youth in Chilaw along with 40kg of
heroin valued at Rs 60 mn have revealed that Sri Lanka is used
as a transit point in the international drug trade,
said SSP Rathnayake, Director of the Police Anti-Narcotic Bureau. SSP
Rathnayake said
that this is the biggest quantity of heroin detected in this country so
far. The high
quality "brown sugar" was seized by the Bureau after an intensive
surveillance operation called
"Operation Deep Sea" conducted by their sleuths in a move to
eradicate heavy drug smuggling into Sri Lanka through Tuticorion in India. The
suspect was taken into custody along with the record contraband, which had
been carefully packed in water-proof bags covered with rexine. The
heroin bags had been transported from India by boat and landed on the
beach at Chilaw when the detectives seized the youth and the contraband. The Bureau is searching for two other men said to be the
step-father and uncle of the arrested youth, and who are also suspected of
involvement in the drug racket. Police
have sought assistance of the Interpol and Indian narcotics police to carry
out further investigations in this regard.
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