A Sri Lankan passenger who had arrived in the country carrying a consignment of the narcotic hashish was arrested by officers of the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday (10). The suspect, a 24-year-old resident of Grandpass, Colombo, had arrived at the BIA at around 12.30 a.m. onboard a Thai Airways flight from Bangkok. 

Upon inspection of his luggage, officers discovered 15 chocolate-style packages containing hashish. Investigations revealed the suspect had smuggled in a total of four kgs and 778 gs of hashish concealed inside the parcels.

According to the PNB, the street value of the seized drugs is estimated at nearly Rs. 47.7 million. The suspect was due to be produced before the Negombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday.