Customs seize Rs.43Mn worth psychedelic drugs at CME sent from Europe

• Parcels were addressed to bogus recipients

By Kurulu Koojana Kariyakarawana   

Sri Lanka Customs at the Central Mail Exchange (CME) seized multiple consignments containing psychedelic drugs worth over Rs.43 million, sent from European countries addressed to bogus recipients.  

Customs Narcotic Control Unit officials following a special surveillance inside the CME detected 25 parcels sent from Germany and the United Kingdom during the weekend and found a variety of narcotics.   

The parcels contained the Cannabis variety of ‘Kush’ weighing 1.74Kgs, Methamphetamine drug contained 2, 193 tablets of Ecstasy and 29grams of Amphetamine drug varieties.   
Customs Spokesman Senior Director Seevali Arukgoda said the parcels had been addressed to recipients in Colombo, Battaramulla, Maharagama, Boralesgamuwa, Panadura, Moratuwa and Kandy but all those were found to be fake addresses.   

The Customs officials with the CME’s Postal Department officials carried out the inquiries and the contraband was to be handed over to the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB).