Officers of the Walana Central Anti-Corruption Task Force arrested a young son of a millionaire businessman residing in Moratuwa and another millionaire businessman engaged in business in the Maldives, together with
his henchman with an expensive drug that has never been found in this country before, during a raid on Tuesday (4).
The Central Anti-Corruption Task Force stated that investigations revealed that only a small amount of these drugs, which are brought to Sri Lanka by courier as air cargo, are kept here and that the rest is sent by courier to the Maldives hidden inside toys.
The raid had been conducted on the instructions of its director, ASP Udaya Kumara, according to information received by the Officer-In-Charge of the Central Anti-Corruption Task Force, Chief Inspector Indika Weerasinghe, that a 25-year-old son of a millionaire businessman residing in Moratuwa, Samanpura is hiding these drugs in his house, which are brought to Sri Lanka as air cargo.
Prior to carrying out this raid, it had been found that various people in expensive vehicles often came to meet the son of the millionaire businessman who is a resident of Samanpura in Moratuwa when intelligence officers had made inquiries. After observing that many of the people had come to buy these drugs, the house was raided yesterday afternoon (5) by a team of police officers including Chief Inspector Indika Weerasinghe.The central anti-corruption task force stated that a tower of a leading communication company in the country has even been built on the top floor of this three-storied house.
The businessman’s son involved in the drug trade had been in a room on the second floor of the house at the time the raid was conducted. Police information disclosed that drugs were found in that room.
When being questioned in this regard, this businessman’s son had said that a millionaire businessman who is a boat owner engaged in business activities in Maldives is involved in this drug trafficking. It has been found that he is a resident of Attidiya and is engaged in importing boat spare parts.The 32-year-old businessman was arrested by another team of the Central Anti-Corruption Task Force based on information given by the Moratuwa millionaire businessman’s son.
When questioned at length and during investigations, it had been discovered that this businessman is sending these drugs to the Maldives by courier, hidden inside toys. A top-ranked officer of the Central Anti-Corruption Task Force said that it was apparent that it was this businessman who brings these drugs to Sri Lanka.
During questioning, it had also been revealed that a henchman of the boat businessman is also involved in this drug racket. Accordingly, the third suspect has been arrested at Anderson Road in Dehiwala. The Central Anti-Corruption Task Force stated that 20 grams of the drug Kush was also found in this person’s possession. These three suspects were to be handed over to the Moratuwa Police along with the drugs for further investigation.
Chief Inspector Mahendra, Sub-Inspector Sandaruwan, Sergeant Batuwatte (1445) and Sergeant Jayalal (428) of the Central Anti-Corruption Squad have joined the raid.
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