Joint US-Sri Lanka Operation Seizes Half-Ton of Methamphetamine in Colombo

Sri Lankan, US anti-narcotics agents bust Pakistani drug network in Colombo

Anti-narcotics agents from the United States and Sri Lanka seized almost half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine following a joint operation targeting a Pakistani drug network, police said on Wednesday. Some 463 kilos of the synthetic drug were seized from a shipping container that arrived in Colombo over the weekend and two Pakistani men were arrested, police deputy inspector-general Ashoka Dharmasena told reporters. The US embassy in Colombo said the narcotics, valued at $21 million and con...

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