The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) said on Friday that it had assisted in the busting of a transnational drug trafficking network through intelligence sharing.
The ANF said in a statement that it shared information with US and Sri Lankan authorities, who conducted an international joint operation, seizing 671 kilogrammes of methamphetamine (ICE) linked to the Afghanistan-based drug trafficking network from Karachi and Colombo ports.
On Wednesday, Sri Lankan police and the US embassy in Sri Lanka also announced the busting of a drug network and the seizing of almost half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine in a joint operation last month. However, they identified the drug network as Pakistani and said two Pakistani men had been arrested.
The US embassy in Colombo said the narcotics, valued at $21 million and concealed in bath towels, were meant to be smuggled to international markets via Sri Lanka.
In its statement, ANF said that, based on “actionable intelligence” provided by it, 200kg of methamphetamine was recovered from a container at Karachi Port. It said the mastermind of the network was also arrested, whom ANF identified as Ehsanullah, an Afghan.
