Colombo Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara today remanded, Drug kingpin, Mohammad Siddeek till April 11 in the case filed against him over the charges under the Money Laundering Act, Prevention of Terrorism Act and Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance by the CID.
On the instructions of the Court, the suspect was earlier produced before the Prison Court for the extension of the remand.
However, he was yesterday brought in to the Chief Magistrate's Court by the prison to produce the suspect in the on going Money Laundering case against him.
The Counsel appearing for the suspect told the Magistrate that the CID had put the allegations unfairly against his client under the Prevention of Terrorism Act as they could keep the suspect in remand further.
On an earlier occasion, The CID revealed in Court that the Mohammad Siddeek had illegally transferred Rs. 517,125,930, which he had earned from heroin smuggling in Sri Lanka, to Pakistan through Dubai using an illegal ‘Undiyal’ money transferring system.
And the second suspect in connection with the money laundering charges in this case, Mohammad Sajahan, who was on bail, was granted to appear in court on July 25.
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