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Persons who gave tip off on narcotics scam still in remand |
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2009-07-21 | 11.00 AM |
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Courts have acted to hold the two individuals who gave the tip off on the attempt to smuggle in narcotics hidden in plastic potatoes to the country in remand without any charges being leveled against them.
Mohomad Azwer and Hazeen Mohomad Azath tipped off the authorities on the plan to smuggle in narcotics to Sri Lanka from Pakistan in a container carrying potatoes. The narcotics were being smuggled in inside 43 plastic potatoes hidden in a load of 30,000 kilos of potatoes imported from Pakistan.
Sri Lankan authorities are yet to identify the source behind the smuggling operation. Meanwhile, the UN as well as authorities in Pakistan have commenced inquiries in to the incident. |
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Maligakanda Additional Magistrate Ranjanee Gamage has said that the two individuals who gave the tip off on the importing of plastic potatoes with narcotics would have to be further remanded to receive more details on the matter as the authorities have not yet come across the real source behind the scam.
The Attorney General’s Department had requested the two individuals to be further remanded. Attorney Weerasena Ranahewa appeared for the defence.
According to legal sources, the present scenario regarding the case would prevent any one with details about the narcotics smuggling scam from coming forth with more details.
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