23 December 2022 05:26 pm Views - 2610
Officials from Sri Lanka Customs - Postal Valuation Division raided a stock of Kush cannabis and Methamphetamine pills worth more than Rs. 165 million packed inside toys and food cans today.
Sudatta Silva, Customs Deputy Director (Legal) and media spokesman, stated that in recent weeks, seven suspicious parcels sent to Sri Lanka via the postal service from Spain, Britain, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands were detained for further investigation by officials from Sri Lanka Customs' postal assessment department.
"Since to recipients called over to claim those parcels, they were subject to inspection by the Postal Assessment Division officials in the presence of the Posts Department staff, the Customs Narcotics Prevention Division, and Narcotics Division officers of the Sri Lanka Police," he said.
Seven packages were found with drugs packed in canned food containers and toys, he said.
The customs officials found 4673g of Kush cannabis with a street value of Rs. 70,095,000 and 4009g of methamphetamine pills with a street value of Rs. 95,860,000, were handed over to the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), the spokesman said.
The total market value of the drugs busted was Rs. 165,955,000, he added. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)