Three women arrested with gold valued at Rs.60 mn remanded till June 06

(Published in Daily Mirror on 25/05/2016)

By Shehan Chamika Silva

Three Sri Lankan women, who were arrested by Customs with gold slabs and jewellery worth more than Rs.60 million at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Monday (23), were ordered to be remanded till June 6 by the Colombo Additional Magistrate, Dulani Amarasekara.

The suspects were arrested by Customs Narcotics Control officers on duty at the Customs Green Channel, while they were trying to smuggle the gold into the country.

According to the customs sources, the two women were in wheel chairs to pretend that they were disabled, while the other woman came as a helper to them.