COLOMBO: Narcotics Division of Sri Lanka’s Customs Department has seized a large heroin haul of over 100 kilograms at the Orugodwatta container yard here the other day, the Customs said.
The heroin hauls was hidden inside industrial grinding machines imported from Karachi, Pakistan.
Customs officials have arrested a suspect and the two Clearance officers responsible for clearing the shipment and seized the machinery, Customs sources said.
The suspects are to be questioned and the machinery will be dismantled to determine the amount and value of the heroin haul, officials said.
