Lankan police seize largest haul of heroin

Colombo: Sri Lankan police on Sunday seized the largest haul of heroin discovered in the island country from a car park in Kollupitiya, in capital Colombo, local media reports said.
A total of 294 kilograms and 490 grams of heroin were nabbed from two vans, parked in the car park of a shopping mall in a joint raid conducted by the Police Narcotics Bureau together with the Police Special Task Force. Police said the drugs are valued at an estimated 16.2 million U.S. dollars.The haul of drugs had been packed in 272 parcels and were found inside 10 bags. Two suspects, aged 43 and 32 were taken into police custody. (Xinhua)