Dehiwala woman netted with drug money worth Rs. 60 Mn in banks

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Criminal Investigations Department arrested a 41-year-old woman from Dehiwala for maintaining several bank accounts with over Rs. 60 Million.

The arrest was made on Wednesday (28) said Senior DIG Ajith Rohana adding that the suspect had made withdrawals from 05 separate bank account containing the said sum of money over the past 04 years.

Investigations revealed that money was deposited to these accounts by individuals identified as drug traffickers and local drug distributors, he said.

The Police Spokesperson went on to note that the suspect was arrested as per the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.