Three passengers were arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday morning while attempting to smuggle a consignment of “Kush” and “Hashish” valued at approximately Rs. 133.94 million through the Green Channel.
The suspects were caught by a joint team of airport Customs officers and the Customs Narcotics Control Division as they tried to leave the arrival terminal without declaring the drugs.
Those arrested include two 29-year-olds from Nattandiya—a bricklayer and a businessman—and a 32-year-old businessman from Grandpass, Colombo.
The three had arrived at Katunayake Airport at around 4:00 a.m. on January 25 from Muscat, Oman, on Salam Air flight OV-437.
Customs officials recovered 10.394 kilograms of “Kush” packed in 10 parcels and 1.912 kilograms of “Hashish” packed in 18 parcels, all concealed in five suitcases.
The suspects and the seized narcotics have been handed over to the Katunayake Airport Police Narcotics Bureau for further investigations.
