Police Narcotics Bureau (Sri Lanka)
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Anti-narcotics agency · 15 reports
- People arrested
- 24
- Plants destroyed
- 91,930
- Cannabis seized
- 213.119 kg
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
36,710 cannabis plants burned in Hambegamuwa, three arrested
Officers of the Monaragala Police Narcotics Bureau raided a two-acre cannabis cultivation in the Maw Ara area of Hambegamuwa and arrested three suspects. All 36,710 plants, six to eight feet tall, were uprooted and burned on site, and the suspects were handed to Hambegamuwa Police.
Arrested 3Plants destroyed 36,710Area 0.8 haFormer Puttalam councillor arrested with Kerala cannabis on a motorcycle
Police arrested Naguleshwaran, a former member of the Puttalam Urban Council, in Thilladiya on 18 October 2026 after officers stopped his motorcycle and found a stock of Kerala cannabis concealed on it. The Police Narcotics Bureau said the cannabis and the motorcycle would be produced before the Puttalam Magistrate's Court; no weight was given.
Arrested 1Three Thais held with 5 kg of hashish in cosmetic jars at BIA
Police Narcotics Bureau officers arrested three Thai drivers at Bandaranaike International Airport on 15 October 2026 after finding 5.096 kg of hashish worth over Rs 50 million hidden in cosmetic containers in their luggage off Thai Airways flight TG-307 from Bangkok.
Arrested 3Cannabis 5.096 kgThree Thai women held with kush and hashish disguised as supplements
Police Narcotics Bureau officers arrested three Thai women off flight TG-307 from Bangkok at BIA on 20 September 2026 in two operations, seizing a combined 5.21 kg of kush and 2.47 kg of hashish hidden in airtight packs disguised as nutritional supplements, collagen and soap, worth about Rs. 85 million.
Arrested 3Cannabis 7.68 kgAbandoned bags with kush worth Rs320m found at BIA
Police Narcotics Bureau officers found two abandoned bags holding 60 airtight packets of kush cannabis near baggage belt 6 at Bandaranaike International Airport on the morning of 15 September 2026. Police suspect the bags came off SriLankan Airlines flight UL 405 from Bangkok the previous day; the passenger is believed to have fled.
Businessman held with 668 g of kush at Bandaranaike airport
Customs officers arrested a 44-year-old businessman from Weligama at Bandaranaike International Airport on 12 September 2026 after finding about 668 g of kush cannabis hidden in his trouser pockets on arrival from Bangkok. The stock was valued at about Rs6.68 million and handed to the Police Narcotics Bureau.
Arrested 1Cannabis 668 gTwo women arrested at BIA with 5.372 kg of kush
Police Narcotics Bureau officers arrested two Sri Lankan businesswomen at Bandaranaike International Airport on 9 September 2026 after finding 5.372 kg of kush cannabis in five airtight packages inside two pieces of luggage.
Arrested 2Cannabis 5.372 kg27-year-old Canadian held with 20.1 kg hashish at BIA
Sri Lanka Customs arrested a 27-year-old Canadian painter at Bandaranaike International Airport on 26 July 2026 with 20.117 kg of hashish in 80 slabs. Officials valued the haul brought from Toronto via Doha at Rs. 201.89 million and were to hand him to the Police Narcotics Bureau.
Arrested 1Cannabis 20.117 kg18-year-old Canadian held at BIA with 35.265 kg hashish
Sri Lanka Customs arrested an 18-year-old Canadian nursing student at Bandaranaike International Airport on 23 June 2026 with 35.265 kg of hashish in two suitcases. Officials valued the 140-packet haul at over Rs352 million and were to hand her to the Police Narcotics Bureau for production before the Negombo court.
Arrested 1Cannabis 35.265 kgDominican student held at Colombo airport with 37.6 kg of hashish
Sri Lanka Customs arrested a 23-year-old Dominican national who studies in Toronto after finding 37.639 kg of hashish in two suitcases at Bandaranaike International Airport on 19 June 2026. Customs valued the hashish at Rs. 376.39 million and handed the suspect and the drugs to the Police Narcotics Bureau.
Arrested 1Cannabis 37.639 kgIndian national held at Sri Lanka airport with over 1 kg of kush
A 35-year-old Indian national was arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake on 21 April 2026 with more than a kilogram of kush cannabis. Sri Lanka Customs and Police Narcotics Bureau officers made the arrest in a joint operation, and the bureau is continuing investigations.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1 kgCanadian couple held with 32.159 kg of kush at Colombo airport
Sri Lanka Customs officers arrested a 25-year-old Canadian man and his 29-year-old wife at Bandaranaike International Airport on 10 March 2026 after finding 32.159 kg of kush cannabis in 23 sealed packets in their luggage. The pair, who arrived from Bangkok on flight UL 403, were handed to the Police Narcotics Bureau; officials valued the haul at about Rs. 32.159 million.
Arrested 2Cannabis 32.159 kgAthimale police seize 55,220 cannabis plants from Kebiliththa reserve
Police Narcotics Bureau and Athimale officers raided a cannabis plantation in the protected Kebiliththa area of Kotiyagala on 9 March 2026, seizing 55,220 plants grown across approximately two acres. A 34-year-old resident of Embilipitiya was taken into custody in connection with the cultivation.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 55,220Area 0.8 ha3 Indians arrested with 50 kg of kush at Colombo airport
Police arrested three Indian nationals, including two women teachers from Mumbai, at Bandaranaike International Airport after they arrived from Bangkok with 50 kg of Kush cannabis. Police valued the haul at LKR 500 million and called it the largest drug haul caught at the airport.
Arrested 3Cannabis 50 kg37-year-old Canadian woman held at BIA with 18.123 kg of hashish
Sri Lanka Customs arrested a 37-year-old Canadian woman at Bandaranaike International Airport on 22 July 2025 after finding 18,123 grams of hashish concealed in her baggage. Officials valued the haul, brought from Montreal via Doha on Qatar Airways flight QR 662, at Rs. 181 million and were to hand her to the Police Narcotics Bureau.
Arrested 1Cannabis 18.123 kg