Kenyan man nabbed with 50 cocaine-containing pills in abdomen

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The officers of Narcotic Control Unit of Sri Lanka Customs yesterday nabbed a Kenyan man at the Bandaranaike International Airport with cocaine-containing pills in his abdomen.

Customs said the 39-year-old Kenyan man who arrived at the BIA around 10.30 am yesterday on an Emirates flight EK650 was arrested on suspicion by the officers of Narcotic Control Unit of Sri Lanka Customs.

The arrested suspect was examined by the body scanning machine at the airport premises and it was observed that the suspect had hidden something suspicious in his abdomen. Upon further questioning, the suspect admitted that he had hidden cocaine-containing pills in his abdomen. It was observed that about 50 pills containing such drugs were hidden in the suspect’s abdomen, out of which 06 pills containing the drug were taken out by the suspect at the airport.

Subsequently, the suspect and the goods were handed over to the Police Narcotics Division by the officers of the Narcotics Control Unit of Sri Lanka Customs for further investigations. It is reported that 15 more pills have been taken out so far. Customs Media Spokesperson Deputy Director of Customs Sudattha Silva

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