37-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.
🇱🇰 Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake · Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Customs officers arrested a 37-year-old Canadian woman at Bandaranaike
International Airport on the morning of 22 July 2025 for attempting to smuggle
hashish into the country.[1]Newswire, reporting the same Customs account,
said she was arrested early that morning at the airport in Katunayake.[2]The
woman had arrived from Montreal, Canada via Doha on Qatar Airways flight QR 662.[1]
Customs officers conducting a routine inspection discovered 18,123 grams (18.123
kilograms) of hashish concealed in her baggage.[1]Newswire gave the amount as
18.1 kilograms.[2]Officials estimated the seized hashish had a street value
of around Rs. 181 million.[2]
The Narcotics Control Unit of the Sri Lanka Customs Department was conducting
initial investigations.[1]The suspect and the seized narcotics were to be
handed over to the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) for further investigation and
legal proceedings.[1]
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