Customs arrested a airport janitor with Rs 220 million worth gold

Local
April 3, 2021

Customs officers arrested a janitorial worker worked at the Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) for smuggling 17kg of gold worth more than Rs.220 today.

He tried to smuggle it through a disposal channel. The gold was brought from Dubai and handed over to the Janitorial worker at the airport and they were planning to giving them to a unknown person outside the airport.

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