Racket of sending narcotics to Sri Lanka ... on pretext of sending eBay items!

Racket of sending narcotics to Sri Lanka ... on pretext of sending eBay items!

There is a trend these days of getting down household items right to the doorstep across internet through foreign services. Most people have a tendency to contact eBay, AliExpress, Bangood and this method is used to get down quite easily as well as being able to tap items not available in this country at present. In this instance the parcels can be obtained via ordinary mail or through courier service; however the latter is comparatively more costly. Though this service is subjected to Sri
Lanka customs supervision, in some instances the inspection is of a minor scale, it is understood. It has now been found by police that on the pretext of getting down electrical equipment to Sri Lanka, a racket is in operation where heroin is being brought by taking advantage of this gap. 

It is a Sri Lankan employed in Italy who has sent items as in eBay. This subtle information about this racket has come to light when n a female and two others were arrested under suspicion in Kochchikade, Negombo day before (28) night with 600 grammes of hashis in their possession, sent hidden in two microwave ovens and a television set. 

A female and two males who came to get a television and two microwave ovens were thus taken into custody with those equipment. It was reported that two small packets of 100 grammes each were neatly packed inside the television and 4 similar parcels were found inside the two microwave ovens as well. It was revealed that this equipment within which these narcotics were concealed were to be dispatched to a businessman living in Negombo when the suspects were interrogated. Police have also taken into custody five mobile phones in possession of the female and other suspects. 

It was also revealed that the Sri Lanka in Italy has been sending hashis hidden in various equipment twice a month. Police are on the look out to nab a wealthy businessman living in Negombo who is supposed to be behind this racket.