Sri Lanka seizes $76m smuggled drugs this year
The Peninsula
Colombo: Sri Lanka s anti narcotics drive has resulted in the seizure of more than three tonnnes (6,600 pounds) of illegal drugs with a street value o...
Colombo: Sri Lanka's anti-narcotics drive has resulted in the seizure of more than three tonnnes (6,600 pounds) of illegal drugs with a street value of $76 million this year, officials said Monday.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala said most of the illegal drugs originated in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and were being smuggled into the island by sea.
He said there were an estimated 400,000 addicts in the nation of 22 million people.
"We need to reduce demand while keeping up detections," Wijepala told reporters in Colombo.
Police chief Priyantha Weerasooriya said the drugs seized had a street value of 23 billion rupees ($76 million).
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