Deundara Tamil and Papol Kalu, who are detained in Bussa Prison, are alleged to have placed the order of 219 kilos 634 grams of heroin with a high value of 4.5 billion rupees (450 crores) which was seized by the Navy in the deep sea about 540 kilometers south of Deundara and brought to Colombo port yesterday (24) Investigations have revealed that both of them are drug dealers involved in the drug trade of Papaya Kalu. Sri Lanka Latest News
They also had ordered of the 200 kg 310 grams of drugs that were captured earlier and brought to the Deundara Fishery Port on the 22nd, and in both cases, a major drug trafficker in the country, who is staying in Dubai, coordinated with the Pakistani smugglers to bring the seized drug stock to Sri Lanka. Information has also been revealed.
It has also been revealed that this drug stock was loaded onto the two boats by a multi-day vessel that arrived in the international waters near the southern coast of the country via sea routes from Pakistan. Apart from these two boats, the Navy has launched an operation to find that boat as it has been revealed that another boat has been loaded with drugs.
Investigations have revealed that all these boats have gone to Kuduwella fishing port to load heroin.
Yesterday (24) there were more than 219 kilos of heroin in the boat brought to the land. 179 kilos and 14 grams of heroin and 31 kilos and 296 grams of hashish were found in the boat that was brought to land on the 22nd.
There were five suspects in each of these two boats, and all 10 of them were handed over to the Police Narcotics Bureau along with the narcotics seized by the Navy. The Sri Lankan Navy ship Vijayabahu was deployed in a special operation in the deep sea about 292 nautical miles (about 540 kilometres) south of Dewandara and the boat was brought to land yesterday. It was all heroin. This boat was trapped on the 19th.
Navy Commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera along with Chief of Staff to the President and Senior Advisor to the President on National Security Mr. Sagala Ratnayake attended the inspection of the drug stock that was brought to Colombo Harbor yesterday.
Yesterday (24) morning, during the inspection of the multi-day fishing vessel brought to the port of Colombo, 219 kilograms of 634 grams of heroin packed in two hundred (200) parcels in nine (09) bags that were tried to be brought to Sri Lanka on the said vessel (including the weight of the package) has been
