LNW (Colombo): Three passengers were arrested this morning (25) at Bandaranaike International Airport while attempting to smuggle Kush and Hashish worth approximately Rs. 133.94 million through the Green Channel.
The arrest was made by a joint team of Airport Customs officers and the Customs Narcotics Control Division as the suspects tried to exit the arrival terminal without declaring the drugs. Those arrested include two 29-year-old men from Nattandiya—a bricklayer and a businessman—and a 32-year-old businessman from Grandpass, Colombo.
The suspects arrived from Muscat, Oman, at around 4.00 a.m. on January 25 aboard Salam Air flight OV-437. Customs officials recovered 10.394 kg of Kush and 1.912 kg of Hashish, concealed in five suitcases.
The suspects and seized narcotics will be handed over to the Katunayake Airport Police Narcotics Bureau for further investigations.
