Drugs distributed through post
Mar 23, 2016
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) reported the courts yesterday 22nd that it has started a rigorous investigation into a large scale international narcotic racket centralized in London and distributed by the workers of Colombo General Post Office and people who aided the racket.
The CID reported this to the Colombo additional magistrate Chandana Kalansooriya by producing a Pakistani suspect named Zaid Mohamed Ilfan. The CID also informed the courts that it has started a joint rigorous investigation with the Pakistan international police and with the Scotland Yard of the UK.
The CID has started the investigation through personal information received by the officer in charge of the fake currency note section. According to the section 49/57 of the 2015 National Drug Regulatory act, the suspect has committed a crime under the section 131 said the CID.
The CID informed the courts they received a personal tip of a parcel containing drugs has come from Karachi Pakistan to the Colombo speed post. The CID informed the courts the parcel containing drugs has come to Sri Lanka on the 17th and the data transmission of the speed post service has been updated at the time but no remarks has been stated about the receipt and dispatch.
On the 18th of this month the logistics of the stores has been updated but indicated that this doubtful parcel has been dispatched.
The CID has started the investigation through personal information received by the officer in charge of the fake currency note section. According to the section 49/57 of the 2015 National Drug Regulatory act, the suspect has committed a crime under the section 131 said the CID.
The CID informed the courts they received a personal tip of a parcel containing drugs has come from Karachi Pakistan to the Colombo speed post. The CID informed the courts the parcel containing drugs has come to Sri Lanka on the 17th and the data transmission of the speed post service has been updated at the time but no remarks has been stated about the receipt and dispatch.
On the 18th of this month the logistics of the stores has been updated but indicated that this doubtful parcel has been dispatched.
Following the doubt and during the investigations it was revealed that this package has been dispatched without customs check bypassing the regular procedures.
The parcel has been dispatched through the direct parcel service to a person at the first cross street Colombo 11 and from that lead a Pakistan national businessmen was arrested from no.9, Daya Road.
During the arrest the CID was able to take nine packages of 12Kg dangerous drugs and another two packages of 2kg drugs dispatched to the Katunayaka airport to send to the UK was taken into custody.
The CID told courts that they have started investigations to arrest everybody linked to this for the distribution and aiding this racket and to obtain a report from the national drug regulatory authority about this doubtful 14kg of narcotics.
The magistrate considering the facts ordered to remand the suspected Pakistan national till 1st of April.
The officer in charge of fake currency notes of the CID police inspector Priyadharshana reported the courts by producing the suspect.
The parcel has been dispatched through the direct parcel service to a person at the first cross street Colombo 11 and from that lead a Pakistan national businessmen was arrested from no.9, Daya Road.
During the arrest the CID was able to take nine packages of 12Kg dangerous drugs and another two packages of 2kg drugs dispatched to the Katunayaka airport to send to the UK was taken into custody.
The CID told courts that they have started investigations to arrest everybody linked to this for the distribution and aiding this racket and to obtain a report from the national drug regulatory authority about this doubtful 14kg of narcotics.
The magistrate considering the facts ordered to remand the suspected Pakistan national till 1st of April.
The officer in charge of fake currency notes of the CID police inspector Priyadharshana reported the courts by producing the suspect.
