Sri Lanka Customs Narcotics Unit arrested a sanitary worker with gold of worth Rs.200M

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COLOMBO, 3 April, 2021 (TON):  On Saturday, the Sri Lanka Customs Narcotics Unit at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake arrested a sanitary worker of the airport with 17 kilograms of gold worth over Rs. 200 million.

A 37-year-old sanitary worker from the Negombo area was working at the Katunayake Airport.

He has been arrested with the stock of gold consisted of nearly 160 biscuits, the Customs Department said.

Investigations are been carried out by the Customs Department.

However, the arrested person had claimed that he obtained the stock of gold in a toilet in the airport and he did not know the person who had given it to him.

 

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