Canadian 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.
🇱🇰 Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake · Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Customs officers intercepted two Canadian nationals at Bandaranaike
International Airport in Katunayake on Tuesday 10 March 2026 after a targeted
inspection.[1]The suspects were a 25-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman.[1]They had flown in from Bangkok, Thailand, on SriLankan Airlines flight UL
403.[1]Ada Derana identifies the pair as residents of the Alberta region of
Canada and says the man works at a private security company.[2]
Officers found 32.159 kilograms of kush, a name for a potent form of cannabis,
concealed in 23 sealed packets in two pieces of their luggage.[2]Customs
officials put the estimated street value of the haul at about Rs. 32.159
million.[1]The two suspects were taken into custody and the cannabis was
seized by Customs.[1]
Sri Lanka Customs and its Narcotics Control Unit carried out the initial
investigation and handed the suspects and the drugs to the Police Narcotics
Bureau at the airport for further investigation and legal proceedings.[2]
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Cannabis packets seized at Bandaranaike International Airport from a Canadian couple on 10 March 2026. Photo: Ada DeranaPhoto details
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Police in Madiwela, Kotte, arrested a 25-year-old local resident in a night raid on 6 November 2026 and seized 558 grams of Kush, a cannabis product, along with heroin and crystal methamphetamine. The Western Province North Crime Division, which ran the raid on received information, said investigations were continuing.
