A customs officer has been arrested by the Finance Ministry’s Special Narcotic Raid Unit at York Street in Colombo while illegally transporting a stock of foreign liquor bottles, worth over Rs 400,000 in total.
Head of the unit, Wing Commander Ravi Jayasinghe, said that the operation was carried out with assistance from the police Special Task Force (STF), army intelligence division and Sri Lanka Customs.
The customs officer and his driver were arrested while transporting 60 bottles of liquor by car. They were released on personal bails of Rs 200,000 each after being produced before the Maligakanda Magistrate.
Jayasinghe said that the department of customs has suspended the customs officer in question while the case will be heard again on Friday.
