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Leading drug traficker of Sri Lanka arrested in Oman

August 21, 2023
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LTTE who fled with him. Four members were arrested by the Indian security forces. Siddique has been staying in the country under a false name. Various sources have mentioned that he has also been accused of killing a lawyer in India, but it has not been confirmed yet. But India has issued a red notice against Siddique through the International Police based on his escape from prison. In 2003, five people including Mohammad Siddique from the Northern District Crime Division of the Western Province were arrested while transporting a load of heroin in a jeep from Panavit to Boralasgamu.

After being remanded in custody for a long time, after being released on bail, he fled the country and stayed in Dubai and Pakistan. At that time he married the wife of a Pakistani drug trafficker.

Instead of bringing heroin to Sri Lanka by boat through India, Siddique is said to have started bringing heroin to Sri Lanka by hiding it in containers from Pakistan.

Siddique had also started a drug distribution network through the country to Seychelles and Maldives. The police conducted a long investigation and took a red notice against him from the International Police. As a result, both Mohammad Siddique and Wale Suda were arrested in Pakistan by the Pakistani security forces and handed over to Sri Lanka. A police team from the Criminal Investigation Department went and brought Siddique to Sri Lanka in March 2015. He was brought to the court in September of the same year and was detained and interrogated by the Criminal Investigation Department. He was remanded there.

The net value of the drugs arrested in Boralasgamuwa along with Siddique was given by the taster as 8.3 grams. After a long trial in that regard, the Colombo High Court on September 13, 2018, acquitted and released all the 05 accused in the case including Siddique. It is based on failure to prove the charges against him beyond reasonable doubt and conflicting evidence.

Siddique escaped to India after getting freedom and stayed in India till now. As an Indian citizen. It has also been revealed that Siddique has been conducting drug trafficking by traveling around the world with an Indian passport.

India has issued a red notice against Mohd Siddique from the International Police, but police information revealed that there is no such order against him from this country. A senior police officer said that although Mohammad Siddique is a large-scale drug trafficker, there are hardly any charges against him in this country.

It is also stated that the Indian security forces are currently working to bring Siddique, who is in the custody of Oman, to India.

LTTE who fled with him. Four members were arrested by the Indian security forces. Siddique has been staying in the country under a false name. Various sources have mentioned that he has also been accused of killing a lawyer in India, but it has not been confirmed yet. But India has issued a red notice against Siddique through the International Police based on his escape from prison. In 2003, five people including Mohammad Siddique from the Northern District Crime Division of the Western Province were arrested while transporting a load of heroin in a jeep from Panavit to Boralasgamu.

After being remanded in custody for a long time, after being released on bail, he fled the country and stayed in Dubai and Pakistan. At that time he married the wife of a Pakistani drug trafficker.

Instead of bringing heroin to Sri Lanka by boat through India, Siddique is said to have started bringing heroin to Sri Lanka by hiding it in containers from Pakistan.

Siddique had also started a drug distribution network through the country to Seychelles and Maldives. The police conducted a long investigation and took a red notice against him from the International Police. As a result, both Mohammad Siddique and Wale Suda were arrested in Pakistan by the Pakistani security forces and handed over to Sri Lanka. A police team from the Criminal Investigation Department went and brought Siddique to Sri Lanka in March 2015. He was brought to the court in September of the same year and was detained and interrogated by the Criminal Investigation Department. He was remanded there.

The net value of the drugs arrested in Boralasgamuwa along with Siddique was given by the taster as 8.3 grams. After a long trial in that regard, the Colombo High Court on September 13, 2018, acquitted and released all the 05 accused in the case including Siddique. It is based on failure to prove the charges against him beyond reasonable doubt and conflicting evidence.

Siddique escaped to India after getting freedom and stayed in India till now. As an Indian citizen. It has also been revealed that Siddique has been conducting drug trafficking by traveling around the world with an Indian passport.

India has issued a red notice against Mohd Siddique from the International Police, but police information revealed that there is no such order against him from this country. A senior police officer said that although Mohammad Siddique is a large-scale drug trafficker, there are hardly any charges against him in this country.

It is also stated that the Indian security forces are currently working to bring Siddique, who is in the custody of Oman, to India.

Gayan Kumara Weerasinghe

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