Customs and Drug Enforcement
Sri Lanka Customs operations including drug seizures at airports and smuggled goods destruction. Reports highlight law enforcement efforts against trafficking and contraband.
Sri Lanka's customs department really said "why destroy drugs the boring way when we can turn them into the world's most expensive power plant fuel?" That's not law enforcement, that's a TED talk on creative energy solutions.
A 46-year-old Indian national has been taken into Sri Lanka Customs custody at BIA with 5.12 kg of cocaine and 13.17 kg of Ecstasy, valued at approximately Rs. 454 million. The suspect, an engineer by profession had arrived from Paris via Doha, officials said. https://t.co/L6PMSHGouO
Holy Smokes !! #SriLanka's Customs has destroyed 2.8 million smuggled cigarettes at the Western Power Plant in Kerawalapitiya, generating among the most expensive electricity in the country, based on the market value of the feedstock. https://t.co/GMfS5Vopz5