Thursday, 28 March 2024
Mastermind in heroin racket identified

Mastermind in heroin racket identified Featured

The mastermind of a racket using Sri Lanka as the hub for a worldwide network to distribute heroin smuggled into the island from Pakistan has been identified.

Mohamed Mubarak Mohamed Mujahid, a Sri Lankan with Malaysian citizenship, he has had close connections with powerful politicians and state officials during the previous regime.

Interpol has issued a red alert for the man after 110 kilos of heroin was nabbed in a ship in the southern seas on March 30.

He had also smuggled in 261 kilos of heroin hidden in grease tins and hundreds more concealed in grinding machines.

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