Colombo ( News 1st) – A foreign National was arrested by the Narcotic Control Unit of the Sri Lanka customs at the BIA today, when he attempted to smuggle 2kg of Cocaine valued at Rs. 30 million into the country.

The suspect is a Guinea Bissau national aged 28 who arrived in Sri Lanka from Nigeria via Doha.

The Cocaine had been concealed in a false bottom of a traveling bag.

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