By Premalal Wijeratna-
Police are conducting an intense search for the drug kingpin who had supplied 30 kg of heroin to the Liberian drug trafficker.
The Liberian who had arrived in the country, claiming to be a diplomat, was arrested by the Customs authorities on Wednesday with Rs 240 million worth of heroin in his possession. The Police Narcotics Bureau under whose purview the investigations are being conducted have questioned the suspect to track down the drug kingpin who had given the heroin, reportedly in a five star hotel in Colombo.
Custom authorities who had conducted the initial inquires, revealed that the suspect had previously visited the country twice, in 2009 and 2010.
Meanwhile, the Liberian Consul had informed the Sri Lankan authorities that the Government of Liberia had not sent a diplomat to Sri Lanka by the name stated by the suspect.
Customs suspect him to be a high-level operator in the international drug mafia chain. He has since been handed over to the Police Narcotics Bureau for further questioning.
Police also suspect he has been using a bogus passport and expect to obtain Interpol assistance to investigate this aspect.
