The Illegal Assets Investigation Division officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested on Thursday (12) the owner of a bank account through which money dealing had been done for an imprisoned drug trafficker who was carrying out a drug business via telephone.
Shiranthi Shiromala (36), a resident of Narammala Horombawa, was arrested after a lengthy investigation based on a complaint made by the Director of the Police Narcotics Bureau on January 8 last year.
Investigations have revealed that between April 23 and November 30, 2021, more than Rs. 4.7 million earned from selling drugs had been deposited in an account she had opened in a private bank located at Narammala on 145 occasions and the money had been taken out on 65 occasions.
Her sister too had been taken into custody by the CID on a previous occasion in connection with this incident.The CID said that it is her husband who is in prison who is engaged in drug dealing.
She was remanded until January 27 subsequent to being produced at the Kuliyapitiya Magistrate’s Court.
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