A Haul Of Cocaine Weighing 200 Kilo Grammes Taken Into Custody At Orugodawatte Container Yard

Customs Officer have today(24) taken into custody several packages of  Cocaine which weighing around 200 Kilo grammes and stored in a Container arrived from Brazil at the Orugodawatte(In Colombo) Container Yard.

The value of the haul of Cocaine  taken into custody is estimated as over Rs.2 billion according to the Police.As per a court order 13 Containers at the Orugodawatte Container Yard were checked and the Container with the Narcotic found during the checking it has been revealed.

The container which the  Cocaine  stored in registered as a shipment of Sugar .The haul of Narcotic is due to hand over to the Police Narcotics Bureau for further investigations.