The Police Narcotics Bureau today arrested seven persons including four Maldivians and three Lankans for smuggling 3 kgs of heroin to Sri Lanka, the police said.
The Police Narcotics Bureau has arrested a person transporting 5kg of heroin in a three-wheeler at Welisara, Ragama yesterday as well. The suspect, a resident of Colombo 14, was arrested following an operation carried out last Friday night.
Meanwhile in a separate operation one of the chief suspects in large scale drug racket operating in the Southern Province has been taken into custody by the Police Narcotics Bureau yesterday.
Police had uncovered information regarding the large scale drug network following investigations into the arrest of a Liberian national with 30 kilograms of heroin by Customs officers in 2013. The police spokesman said that 9 suspects were arrested in connection with the illicit drug racket and upon interrogation they had revealed Wasantha Mendis as the mastermind behind the operation.
