A foreign woman has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for smuggling in 400g of ‘Kush’ cannabis.
The officers of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) attached to the BIA had seized the haul early this morning (31).
The arrestee is, reportedly, an Iranian woman aged 24 years, who had arrived in the country from Iran via Doha, Qatar.
The haul, estimated to be worth nearly Rs 500,000, had been concealed in a false bottom of the suspect’s travelling bag.
This is the first time ‘Kush’ cannabis was seized in Sri Lanka and this narcotic substance has enhanced quality and flavours than the cannabis traded in the country, according to a spokesperson of the PNB.
The suspect is to be produced before the Negombo Magistrate Court today (31) and the PNB officers are conducting further investigations into the incident.
