Over 100 kg heroin seized in Sri Lanka

At least 100 kg of heroin was seized from a container truck which had arrived in Sri Lanka from Pakistan, officials said on Friday. Customs Director Mali Piyasena said that the containers were seized on suspicion and it was sent to a container yard to be checked. He said that the documentation on the container indicates that it contained tins with grease. However when the tins were checked customs officers found at least 100 kg of heroin inside. The customs department said that two people including a Pakistani national had been arrested over the incident. This was the biggest heroin haul seized in Sri Lanka. Indian enforcement agencies last year sounded an alert on drug cartels using India as a transit point for smuggling heroin to Sri Lanka, where the demand for the contraband has doubled. Sri Lanka has become a transit point for heroin smuggling in South Asia mostly by heroin dealers from Pakistan and India.