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Sri Lankan police seize heroin worth $195k

The heroin weighed 3.6 kg and was discovered during a search operation launched by the Police Narcotics Bureau

IANS | Colombo | April 19, 2019 3:24 pm

Sri Lankan police seize heroin worth $195k

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The Sri Lankan police on Friday seized heroin worth over $195,000 hidden in an abandoned garage in the country’s Kurundugahahetekma area, in close proximity to the southern highway.

The heroin weighed 3.6 kg and was discovered during a search operation launched by the Police Narcotics Bureau, Xinhua news agency reported.

No arrests were made but the police were conducting further investigations.

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Under the directives of President Maithripala Sirisena, Sri Lankan authorities have launched a massive crackdown on drugs with several drug lords arrested since January.

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