Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen calls on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday. PID photo

Sri Lanka detains 14 foreigners over $7.5m drug bust

AFP, Colombo :Sri Lanka has detained 14 foreigners after seizing 110 kilograms of heroin worth $7.5 million from an Iranian fishing trawler in the country’s biggest drug bust for nearly three years, police said Sunday. Ten Iranians, two Pakistanis, one Indian and one Singaporean were remanded in custody after appearing in a magistrate’s court in Colombo on Saturday, national police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said. “They have had Sri Lankans involved in this smuggling,” Gunasekera said. “We are hopeful of arresting...

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Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen calls on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday. PID photo

Sri Lanka detains 14 foreigners over $7.5m drug bust

Judicial activities resume in all courts

Readers’ Forum

Mbappe magic sets up PSG for French Cup victory

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