SLIT student who tried to whisk away a gem worth 100 lakhs hidden in his bag, to a foreign country ... nabbed

SLIT student who tried to whisk away a gem worth 100 lakhs hidden in his bag, to a foreign country ... nabbed

A 23 year old youth who was in the process of taking a gem of the Ruby category illegally from the country was nabbed at Katunayaka Airport yesterday. The suspect supposed to be a student of Malabe SLIT Institute was trapped by the eagle-eyed Customs officers because he happened to be walking here and there looking around.

This student was scheduled to fly to Abu Dhabi on flight number EY 267 and when a Customs

Officer had mentioned that it was necessary to inspect his bag, it was possible to detect this gem hidden in a secret pocket fixed inside his bag.

It has been informed that he is a resident of Colombo and that he is following a course of studies on International Technology at Malabe SLIT Campus. He has travelled to Abu Dhabi on a number of previous occasions and investigations are underway to find out whether he has smuggled valuable items of this nature on those occasions too. The Customs inform that the gem concerned was confiscated and the suspect was ordered to pay a fine of Rs. 1 lakh.