Passenger arrested with gold worth over Rs 110 Mn at BIA

Sri Lanka Customs have detained 32-year-old passenger at the arrival terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake for attempting to smuggle  gold, in gel form into the country, early this morning.

The officers of the Narcotics Control Unit of Sri Lanka Customs stated that the suspect had arrived in Sri Lanka at around 01.0 a.m. today from Dubai.

He was arrested with 6 kilograms and 423 grams of gold (in gel form) contained inside 16 capsules concealed in the suspect’s luggage based on prior intelligence received.

It is estimated to be worth around Rs. 110 million,

The stock of gold has been sent to the Government Analyst, while measures were also taken to obtain a report on the suspect’s mobile phone call logs.

The Narcotics Control Unit of Sri Lanka Customs have initiated further investigations regarding the detections.

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