Foreign national arrested with heroin at BIA

15 Dec, 2018

A foreign national has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) with cocaine.

Customs officers arrested the 28 year old Guinea-Bissau national when he arrived from Nigeria via Doha with over 2 kg of cocaine in his possession.

The cocaine was valued at Rs. 30 million.

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