Sri Lanka seizes 200 kilos of heroin in massive raid
It was the biggest heroin seizure since 2013, when 260 kilos were taken off the street, police said
It was the biggest heroin seizure since 2013, when 260 kilos were taken off the street, police said. PHOTO: AFP
COLOMBO:
Sri Lankan police on Thursday made one of their biggest heroin hauls in years, days after unidentified gunmen shot dead an anti-narcotics agent near Colombo.
Police said the 200-kilogramme (440-pound) haul -- worth more than two billion rupees ($13.3 million) on the street -- was found stashed inside plastic bags in a car north of Colombo.
Drug peddler held, 1kg heroin recovered
It was the biggest heroin seizure since 2013, when 260 kilos were taken off the street, police said.
The seizure came after a drugs agent was killed Tuesday in a shootout that also wounded several other officers.
"Our latest detection shows we will not be deterred by attacks against our men," police said in a statement.
Spurious drugs samples sent abroad for tests
It is suspected the drugs were smuggled by boat into Sri Lanka. Police believe the Indian Ocean island is being used as a transit point by traffickers.
Last June, anti-narcotics authorities seized 90 kilos of cocaine concealed in sugar containers from Brazil. Two months earlier police detained 14 foreigners after seizing 110 kilos of heroin worth $7.5 million from an Iranian fishing trawler.
Sri Lankan police on Thursday made one of their biggest heroin hauls in years, days after unidentified gunmen shot dead an anti-narcotics agent near Colombo.
Police said the 200-kilogramme (440-pound) haul -- worth more than two billion rupees ($13.3 million) on the street -- was found stashed inside plastic bags in a car north of Colombo.
Drug peddler held, 1kg heroin recovered
It was the biggest heroin seizure since 2013, when 260 kilos were taken off the street, police said.
The seizure came after a drugs agent was killed Tuesday in a shootout that also wounded several other officers.
"Our latest detection shows we will not be deterred by attacks against our men," police said in a statement.
Spurious drugs samples sent abroad for tests
It is suspected the drugs were smuggled by boat into Sri Lanka. Police believe the Indian Ocean island is being used as a transit point by traffickers.
Last June, anti-narcotics authorities seized 90 kilos of cocaine concealed in sugar containers from Brazil. Two months earlier police detained 14 foreigners after seizing 110 kilos of heroin worth $7.5 million from an Iranian fishing trawler.