The CID has arrested a woman who was in possession of five bank accounts in which over Rs. 60 million was transferred to drug traffickers.
The woman is a 41 year old resident of Dehiwala. The money has been exchanged for the past four years.
The Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has informed the CID on suspicion regarding these five accounts and investigations are underway.It has been revealed that the money credited to the account is from small scale drug traffickers.
Investigations have revealed that she then withdraws the money and transfers it to another account. She is crediting money to a major drug dealer, according to Investigations.Police Media Spokesman Senior DIG Attorney-at-Law Ajith Rohana stated that investigations are currently underway to identify the racketeer and that the media will be able to identify him in the future.
The CID states that further investigations are being carried out on her under money laundering.