COLOMBO: Sri Lankan customs officials have arrested a Pakistani national trying to smuggle heroin hidden in oranges at Bandaranaike International Airport.
Narcotics Control Unit of Sri Lanka Customs arrested the 64-year-old Pakistani man with the heroin stash at the airport after he arrived in a SriLankan flight from Karachi. The suspect was in possession of 984 grams of heroin concealed inside 12 oranges which were among 72 oranges in a nylon polythene sack, customs media spokesman Leslie Gamini told the local media.
Following an initial inquiry customs officials have handed over the suspect and the drugs to the Police Narcotics Bureau for further investigations.
